Electronic Surgical Knot Tying Model

Outline
This model is designed for teaching all surgical knot tying techniques with electronic detection for giving feedbacks.

Skills Gained
• Slip knot
• Instrument tie
• Surgeon’s knot
• One-handed reef knot technique
• Tying in a limited opening
• Tying at depth vertically, at an
angle, in a large opening
• Suture cutting

Feature

• Realism: Parallel knotting tubes are elastic for a realistic response
• Key Features:
1) Unique magnetic system to represent tissue strength
2) Small, shallow fixed cylinder for tying in a small area
3) Large, deep removable cylinder, reversible for angled abdominal and gynecological depth tying
4) Cylinders are transparent to allow the trainer to observe and assess trainees’ competence
5) Compact, light and portable
6) The electronic detection can record operation failures when excessive force moves the magnetic hook away
from the base