Sneak-Peak of new MLabs™ at SERGS 2012 – Innovative Dry Labs for Robotic Surgery Skills Acquisition

da Vinci Si robot with the new MLabs™ from Mimic Technologies

Participants at the SERGS 2012 conference in Marseille, France, had an opportunity to try the new MLabs™ currently in development by Mimic Technologies. These innovative robotic surgery “dry labs” are exact representations of existing Virtual Reality exercises available on the dV-Trainer and the da Vinci Skills Simulator (co-developed by Mimic and Intuitive Surgical).

MLabs™ will provide a continuous training path when moving from VR training on a simulator to hands-on training on the actual robot. For the first time, surgeons will be able to easily compare training results across platforms, and this new technology will also help further establish the training efficacy of Mimics high-fidelity simulation exercises. Mimic is developing MLabs™ for a number of exercises including “Pick & Place”, “Pegboard”, and “Matchboard” that will be available this fall.

MLabs™ version of the “Matchboard” dV-Trainer simulation exercise

MLabs™ version of the “Matchboard” dV-Trainer simulation exercise