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A platform for training in Open Bowel Anastomosis, Small Vessel Anastomosis, Ostomy Suturing. Belly Case provides surgical learners with a platform for deliberate practice of basic bowel
anastomosis skills in a safe, repeatable environment.
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Tactility Surgical Learning System Brochure
A collaboration between the Chamberlain Group and Baystate Medical Center.
The Tactility Surgical Learning System P.1 Open Bowel Kit trains surgical
learners in basic intestinal operative skills and identifying technical errors
in the act of performing surgery.
Heart Case Brochure
Skills Training for Cardiac Surgery: Aortic Cannulation, Small Vessel Anastomosis, Mitral Valve Procedures, Aortic Valve Replacement, CABG – Both Proximal and Distal Anastomosis.
VATS Trainer for Explants Brochure
Provides a realistic human thoracic context for life-like Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery training with porcine tissue explants. For skills development in thoracoscopic lobectomy and lung resection.
TSDA Boot Camp 2017
2017 TSDA Boot Camp was held Sept. 14-17, 2017 in Chapel Hill, NC.
As an ongoing contributor to TSDA Boot Camp The Chamberlain Group is always delighted to hear news of another successful program. We would also like to offer a hearty Congratulations! on the program’s 10th anniversary. TSDA Boot Camp provides incoming residents with an experiential foundation and hands-on practice in basic cardiothoracic operating skills so that they are better prepared to enter the CT surgery operating room at their home programs.
Understanding that success in medical training hinges on tools that are as functional, durable, and accessible—as they are anatomically accurate—is central to The Chamberlain Group’s approach.
The Heart Cases we supplied to TSDA Boot Camp 2017 were originally developed by The Chamberlain Group in collaboration with TSDA Boot Camp Program Director Dr. James I. Fann, MD. Dr. Fann is a pioneer in the field of immersive and simulation learning and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center. He approached us with the premise that limited exposure and visualization, compounded by technical complexity, had adversely affected resident training in mitral valve surgery. With this in mind he envisioned a heart trainer that was anatomically accurate and compact enough for travel. The Chamberlain Group delivered, designing and manufacturing Heart Case as a portable, safe, and cost-effective training platform for repeat and deliberate practice in basic cardiac operative skills. Heart Case: Case Study
In the years since it’s inception we continue to evolve this product as opportunities arise, developing:
- New Heart Case accessories for MIS and other procedures
- Customized Heart Cases and aortic roots for valve implantation training
- Related task trainers with a smaller profile and lower cost such as our Pocket Vessel Anastomosis Trainer
Life-like Hearts with Replaceable Coronary Vessels Allow Cardiac Residents Repeat Practice of Anastomosis
CABG HEARTS for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Training
Suturable artery segments embedded in the epicardium of our CABG Hearts allow repeat practice of coronary vessel anastomosis.
Results may be preserved and presented to mentoring faculty for review and progress assessment. Each of these Native Coronary Artery segments may be used a number of times and then replaced, allowing years of training with a single heart. All our CABG Hearts are realistic soft heart models with highly detailed exteriors, extended vasculature and lifelike atrial appendages.
Replacement Native Coronary Vessels and suturable Graft Vessels (representing a harvested internal mammary arteries or saphenous veins) are available in a number of different durometers and diameters.
KEY TERMS
PATENT
feature a detailed interior consisting of four hollow chambers with ventricular septum, trabeculations and papillary muscles. Annuli for the four heart valves are present. Does not include valve leaflets.
NON-PATENT
is a durable option for procedures not requiring access to the heart chambers. These models feature soft, solid-filled ventricles and atria, extended aorta, inferior and superior vena cavae, pulmonary arteries and veins, and atrial appendages.
BEATING
our patented Beating Heart technology accurately simulates systole/diastole and allow control of heart rate. These hearts require, and are animated by, our Beating Heart Controller and a regulated source of compressed air. (Wall air, if regulated to 70 psi, may be used.)
WITH ANCILLARY
indicates the product package includes a Beating Heart Controller and an Air Compressor.
ADULT or NORMAL
represents a patient of average body type (adult about 5’7″ [170 cm] or less). Heart is approximately 5″ [127 mm]atria to apex X 3.5″ [89 mm] wide X 3″ [76 mm] anterior to posterior.
LARGER ADULT
represents a patient with a larger body type (adult over 5’8″ [173 cm]). Heart is approximately 8″ [210 mm] from atria to apex X 4.5″ [114 mm] wide X 4″ [102 mm] anterior to posterior.
MICS MITRAL
designed for use in our MICS Thorax Trainer to provide a realistic environment and access for minimally invasive mitral valve repair, annular ring placement, and CABG procedures. Replaceable Left Atria feature options for delicate Prolapsed Mitral Valves with (or without) Chordae and Papillaries, or healthy valves.
CANNULATABLE
feature replaceable and suturable Right Atria and Aortas which accept cannulae placement, suturing, and pressurized fluid flow to 180 mm-Hg. Aorta is configured to allow cross-clamping and antegrade cardioplegia introduction.
CABG SITES
suturable, replaceable Native Coronary Artery segments embedded in the epicardium of a CABG Heart—allow repeat practice
of coronary vessel anastomosis.
OUR CABG HEART PRODUCT LINE
Heart (Patent) with CABG Sites (#1253)
Heart (Non-patent) with CABG Sites (#1260)
CABG Beating Heart with Ancillary (#1339)
Larger Adult CABG Beating Heart (#1431)
Larger Adult CABG Beating Heart w/ Ancillary (#1450)
MICS Mitral CABG Heart (#1390)
MICS Mitral CABG Beating Heart (#1427)
MICS Mitral CABG Beating Heart w/ Ancillary (#1413)
MICS Mitral Larger Adult CABG Heart (#1406)
MICS Mitral Larger Adult CABG Beating Heart w/ Ancillary (#1407)
MICS Mitral Larger Adult CABG Beating Heart (#1412)
Cannulatable Larger Beating Heart + CABG Sites (#1451)
Cannulatable Larger Heart + CABG Sites (#1455)
ECMO Simulation with Perfusion Beating Heart Trainer
Dr. David Grant demonstrates sternotomy, retraction, and cannulation on The Chamberlain Group’s Perfusion Beating Heart Trainer (#1362) and Retractable Sternum. This video was part of Dr. Grant’s keynote address Collaborative Frameworks Improving Healthcare at IPSSW 2017.
Our patient mannekin, paired with a Perfusion Simulation System such as Califia or Orpheus™, offers a fully immersive, high-fidelity, point-of-care ECMO simulation for CPB team training. In collaboration with Dr. Grant we have been extending the capabilities of the trainer and continue to explore opportunities to expand its range.
Perfusion Beating Heart Trainer Brochure
Complete Your Team and Bring the Virtual Patient Off the Screen for Emergent Cardiopulmonary Bypass Training. Our Perfusion Beating Heart Trainer with Cannulatable Beating Heart makes physical the physiological data expressed by your Perfusion Simulator, reproducing the movement and rhythm of the patient’s cardiopulmonary system within a ventilateable and operative anatomical torso.
VATS Trainer with Mimetic Lung Brochure
A platform for training and refining video assisted thoracoscopic surgical skills without the use of cadavers or animal tissue
Surgical Sam for General Surgery Training Brochure
Add Hands On, High Fidelity Simulation to Your Pediatric Team Training in General Surgery. Bring a new dimension to clinical and team training in your most high-stakes areas — the ER and OR.
Surgical Sam for Cardiothoracic Training Brochure
Surgical Sam is the first beating heart, breathing and bleeding, immersive team trainer for pediatric surgery. Bring hands-on high fidelity surgery to your pediatric team training.
Hip Labrum Access & Repair Trainer Brochure
The Hip Labrum Access and Repair Trainer is a portable solution designed to enable training of arthroscopic soft tissue repair of the labrum.
Pocket Vessel Anastomosis Trainer Brochure
Developed in conjunction with the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (TSDA), the Pocket Vessel Anastomosis Trainer provides surgical learners with a platform for deliberate practice of anastomotic skills in a safe, repeatable environment. This compact and convenient Trainer fits into the resident’s lab coat pocket and can be used outside of the simulation lab environment.