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Haptic or force feedback devices can be driven by a computer to simulate virtually any kind of force function. Two devices currently being used as the core of surgical trainers are the Phantom from Sensable Technologies and the Impulse Engine from Immersion Corporation. Haptic devices can create a compelling level of realism in training when combined with immersive display systems that model the movements of the instruments and tissue.
Surgical Interaction with deformable organ models: Grasp, Clip, Cut
These images demonstrates the basic interactions with deformable organ models in real-time. It is possible to deform, grasp, clip and cut into virtual tissue.
KISMET software, originally written at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe to train nuclear reactor robot operators, has been recently used for programming surgical trainers based on the Phantom and Impulse Engine.
