Symani simulator will accelerate the expansion and adoption of robotic microsurgery
PisaItaliaAnd 26 May 2022 /PRNewswire/- Medical Precision Instruments (MMI) SpAThe robotics company that specializes in improving clinical outcomes for patients undergoing microsurgery, today announced the launch of the Symani Surgical System Simulator, developed by VirtaMed. The simulator will improve, expand and digitize Simani’s training paths as surgeons prepare to enhance their microsurgery skills through robotics.
“It has been a priority for our company to offer our surgeons a simulation solution so they can more comfortably practice robotic microsurgery,” he said. Mark TolandCEO of MMI SpA. “By training in the simulator, surgeons will be better prepared for a first Symani patient or difficult case.”
“We were looking for a way to give surgeons the Symani experience without having to move the system,” he said. Jimmy Miles, Vice President of Marketing at MMI SpA. “We chose VirtaMed as a trusted partner because of their shared passion for improving patient care and because we know they can develop a fully customized simulator that mimics our devices and showcases the benefits of Symani microsurgery.” .
Founded in 2007, VirtaMed is a world leader in data-driven medical education and surgical training solutions. VirtaMed develops first-class education-related virtual reality simulators for various medical specialties, including orthopedics, obstetrics, gynecology, urology and laparoscopy. VirtaMed LaparoS™ offers users a seemingly real experience, including the correct physical behavior of internal organs and the actual interactions of surgical instruments with those organs.
“We are excited to be collaborating with MMI to address this new frontier of robotic surgery,” said Stephan Tuschmid, VirtaMed Co-CEO. “MMI technology provides tremendous value to the surgical community and the patients it serves. We are proud that our collaboration has resulted in a simulation so realistic that surgeons can begin suturing immediately on Symani after a few minutes of training in the simulator.”
Adding simulation will also speed up the development of the MMI product by allowing new solutions to be tested in a virtual environment for efficacy and utility.
The MMI Symani Surgical System is the only microsurgical robot to offer wrist instruments designed to enhance the surgeon’s ability to access and sew small, precise anatomy. Its platform provides motion scaling and tremor reduction so surgeons can make precise precise movements. With Symani, surgeons can perform sutures, ligation, anastomosis, and adaptation.
MMI will be exhibiting at the European Society of Plastic Surgeons, May 26-28 in Naples, Italy, and at the Congress of the World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, June 1-4, Cancun, Mexico. On the MMI platform there will be demonstrations of the Symani simulation and the Symani surgery system.
About MMI SpA
Medical Microinstruments SpA (MMI) was established in 2015 near Pisa (Italy) To improve surgical performance by developing an automated system that allows surgeons to obtain better results in microsurgery. The Symani Surgical System combines proprietary innovations, such as the world’s smallest precision wrist instruments, as well as tremor-reducing and motion-reducing technologies. Taken together, these powerful capabilities enable more surgeons to successfully perform microsurgery, while expanding the field of superior surgery. MMI is backed by international medical technology investors including Andera Partners, Panakes Partners, Fountain Healthcare Partners and Sambatech.
About VirtaMed
VirtaMed believes that medical education is powerfully delivered through data-driven simulation solutions. Since 2007, we have been developing pioneering solutions for training outside the operating room because we believe healthcare professionals should never perform a procedure for the first time on a patient. VirtaMed simulators provide the most realistic and cost-effective training for laparoscopic surgeons.
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