Medic Vision intros haptic Mediseus Surgical Drilling Simulator

We can't say we've ever felt the need to experience an accurate sensation of drilling through bone, but if you've always wondered what that was like (or, you know, are actually training to become a surgeon), you may want to take Medic Visions new Mediseus Surgical Drilling Simulator for a spin, which makes use of SensAble's PHANTOM haptic device for that added sense of realism. That'll apparently not only give you force feedback that's able to "distinguish between the feeling of different parts of the temporal bone drilling procedure," but some audio cues as well to round out the entire quease-inducing process. The system also comes equipped with a telelearning system that'll let a surgeon in one location show a trainee in another how it's done but, unfortunately, it doesn't appear to include an updated version of Operation to help residents put in those downtimes.

[Via Medgadget]

[Vault @ May 15th 2008 3:06PM]

Add that to my list of reasons why not to be a surgeon.

[Unknown @ May 15th 2008 3:23PM]

That thing looks like Pixar's first attempt to create Wall-E went horrendously wrong.

[Jeff @ May 15th 2008 5:04PM]

My thoughts exactly!

[couchpundit @ May 15th 2008 3:38PM]

Is it just me or does thing look like Johnny Five?

[waterwagen @ May 15th 2008 4:00PM]

Yeah, except a monitor on it's shoulder rather than a laser. Drops the coolness/fear factor.

[fanthem @ May 15th 2008 5:13PM]

"Johnny Five, drill you alive."

[Blaine Oliver @ May 15th 2008 3:40PM]

And people say crysis is realistic, screw it, haptic crysis with this tech would be better, with one of those impact jackets.

[Jonathan Ace @ May 15th 2008 4:48PM]

What do I have to do for engadget to get me one of this in preparation on becoming a surgeon.....

Top of my wish list by far.

[decromin @ May 15th 2008 5:52PM]

I have one thing to say.

MEDIBOT!


(google it!)

[Bob @ May 15th 2008 7:30PM]

That thing looks fishy, I don't want it operating on me

[mookamoo @ May 15th 2008 9:06PM]

Cool! Haptics technologies is making the news... recently with gaming wasn't it.

Did a Google on Medic Vision Temporal Bone Simulator and found this link with much better images:

http://www.design-industry.com.au/en/2008/05/15/temporal-bone-simulator/

[Jason @ May 15th 2008 10:49PM]

It looks like Wall-E version 1.0