Hornet Fixation Device

Laparoscopic suturing can be very time consuming and frustrating for inexperienced surgeons. It is one of the hardest actions to perform in a laparoscopic fashion, but it remains the golden standard. There are alternative fixation methods such as automatic needle passers, knot-tying devices, staplers, tackers and adhesives but they all have...

Improving skills related to medical equipment: An interactive training simulation

Background: Incidents with medical equipment have been observed by several studies [6, 4], and the lack of proper training has been identified as one of the main reasons for the occurrence of these errors . Providing proper training is costly and logistically problematic for hospitals. Simulations can successfully resolve some of these problems,...