Products

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Surgery Trainer

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Surgery Trainer

The Cardiac modular SIMulator™ (CarmoSIM™) Advanced Surgery Trainer offers a realistic experience for minimally invasive mitral valve and aortic surgery (repair or replacement). This system is modular and customizable according to use case and learner objectives.

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Ribcage Replacement

Ribcage (with base) for the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Simulator.

 

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Heart Assembly (Mitral)

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Heart Assembly provides the supporting structure for interchangeable CarmoSIM™ mitral and aortic valve disks. This product is available as either an aortic or mitral model.

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Heart Assembly (Aortic)

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Heart Assembly provides the supporting structure for interchangeable CarmoSIM™ mitral and aortic valve disks. This product is available as either an aortic or mitral model.

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Aortic Valve (Healthy)

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Aortic Valve is designed for compatibility with the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Modular Simulator and the Internal Heart Assembly. Complete with anatomical leaflets. Available in three variations: Healthy, Calcified/Stenosed (Opaque), and Calcified/Stenosed (Transparent).

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Aortic Valve (Calcified/Opaque)

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Calcified/Opaque Aortic Valve is designed for compatibility with the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Modular Simulator and the Internal Heart Assembly. Complete with calcified anatomical leaflets within an opaque aorta.

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Aortic Valve (Calcified/Transparent)

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Calcified/Transparent Aortic Valve is designed for compatibility with the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Modular Simulator and the Internal Heart Assembly. Complete with calcified anatomical leaflets with a transparent aorta.

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Left Ventricular Simulator

The Left Ventricular Simulator is designed to test the function of compatible mitral valve components and simulate water tests of mitral valve functionality. Intended for training of mitral valve repairs and replacements; compatible with the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Simulator. Left Ventricle Stand included.

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Mitral Valve (Healthy)

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Mitral Valve is designed for compatibility with the Left Ventricle Simulator and the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Modular Simulator. Complete with realistic chordae and papillary muscle insertions. Available in Normal, Calcified/Stenosed, and Prolapse variations.

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Mitral Valve (Calcified)

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Calcified Mitral Valve is designed for compatibility with the Left Ventricle Simulator and the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Modular Simulator. Complete with realistic chordae and papillary muscle insertions. 

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Mitral Valve (Prolapse)

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Calcified Mitral Valve is designed for compatibility with the Left Ventricle Simulator and the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Modular Simulator. Complete with realistic chordae and papillary muscle insertion.

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Basic Anatomy Models

 

The CarmoSIM™ Basic Simulator

The CarmoSIM™ Basic simulator offers a simple and realistic solution to providing learners with enhanced, basic training in performing aortic and mitral valve replacements and repairs. An optional stand can be purchased to provide additional stability during practice.

 

 

 

 

Aortic Root Model (Transparent)

The CarmoSIM™ Basic Simulator offers a simple and realistic solution to providing learners with a basic representation of the aortic root. Aortic root models are available as a transparent variation as to provide tachycardic tactile feedback. An optional stand may be purchased to provide additional stability.

 

 

 

 

 

Aortic Root Model (Non-Transparent)

The CarmoSIM™ Basic Simulator offers a simple and realistic solution to providing learners with a basic representation of the aortic root. Aortic root models are available as a nontransparent variation as to provide nontachycardic tactile feedback. An optional stand may be purchased to provide additional stability.

 

 

 

Accessories

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Endoscope

A miniaturized camera allows for an endoscopic view for minimally invasive use and for general teaching purposes. No additional software is required and it can be connected to any USB compatible regardless of the operating system.

 

 

 

 

 

The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Endoscope Stand

Endoscope stand for The CarmoSIM™ Advanced Simulator.

 

 

 

 

 

Aortic Root Model (Non-Transparent)

Chest skin replacement for the CarmoSIM™ Advanced Simulator.


 

Research publications

Ginty OK, Moore JM, Xu Y, Xia W, Fujii S, Bainbridge D, Peters TM, Kiaii BB, Chu MWA. Dynamic Patient-Specific Three-Dimensional Simulation of Mitral Repair: Can We Practice Mitral Repair Preoperatively? Innovations (Phila). 2018 Jan/Feb;13(1):11-22. doi: 10.1097/IMI.0000000000000463. PMID: 29470257.

Nora Boone, Hannah H. Nam, John Moore, Patrick Carnahan, Olivia Ginty, Christian Herz, Andras Lasso, Matthew A. Jolley, Elvis C. S. Chen, Terry Peters. Patient-specific, dynamic models of hypoplastic left heart syndrome tricuspid valves for simulation and planning. Proc. SPIE 11315, Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 113152E (16 March 2020); doi: 10.1117/12.2549745

Boone Nora, Moore John, Ginty Olivia, Bainbridge Daniel, Eskandari Mehdi, Peters Terry. A dynamic mitral valve simulator for surgical training and patient specific preoperative planning.
V 10951 SPIE Medical Imaging 2019 https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2509818 DOI 10.1117/12.2509818

Ginty OK, Moore JT, Eskandari M, Carnahan P, Lasso A, Jolley MA, Monaghan M, Peters TM. Dynamic, patient-specific mitral valve modelling for planning transcatheter repairs. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2019 Jul;14(7):1227-1235. doi: 10.1007/s11548-019-01998-y. Epub 2019 May 21. PMID: 31115756.

Ginty OK, Moore JM, Xu Y, Xia W, Fujii S, Bainbridge D, Peters TM, Kiaii BB, Chu MWA. Dynamic Patient-Specific Three-Dimensional Simulation of Mitral Repair: Can We Practice Mitral Repair Preoperatively? Innovations (Phila). 2018 Jan/Feb;13(1):11-22.

Mashari A, Knio Z, Jeganathan J, Montealegre-Gallegos M, Yeh L, Amador Y, Matyal R, Saraf R, Khabbaz K, Mahmood F Hemodynamic Testing of Patient-Specific Mitral Valves Using a Pulse Duplicator: A Clinical Application of Three-Dimensional Printing. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Oct;30(5):1278-85.

Pawel Kozlowski, Raja Sekhar Bandaru,  Jan D’hooge, Eigil Samset, Real-time catheter localization and visualization using three-dimensional echocardiography, Proc. SPIE 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 1013518 (3 March 2017);

Li FP, Rajchl M, Moore J, Peters TM. A mitral annulus tracking approach for navigation of off-pump beating heart mitral valve repair. Med Phys. 2015 Jan;42(1):456-68.

Claire Vannelli, John Moore, John Moore, Jonathan McLeod, Jonathan McLeod, Dennis Ceh, Dennis Ceh, Terry Peters, Terry Peters, Dynamic heart phantom with functional mitral and aortic valves, Proc. SPIE 9415, Medical Imaging 2015: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 941503 (18 March 2015)