Social impact of in-vitro endovascular surgery simulation technology

Silicone vasculature phantoms built relying on medical imaging data and computer assisted designed were presented in 2005 as an in-vitro simulation environment for endovascular surgery simulation. Due to the realistic recreation of human vasculature morphology and mechanical characteristics, several simulation techniques were created relying on that modeling technology to satisfy different simulation needs. Among those new simulation technologies there are modeling techniques, force sensing methods for intravascular tools, flow control systems for human pressure simulation, Interventional Radiology Environment simulation and image processing for quantitative description of catheter trajectory. A poll was done in a population of health care specialist, industry and engineering to find their simulation needs. As results their principal needs are the visualization and quantification of the interaction between the endovascular tools and the vasculature phantoms.