Development of 3D Printed Ophthalmic Tissue for Surgical Training
Abstract
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education now recommends surgical skills development resources such as wet labs or simulators as a critical benchmarking and basic skills acquisition tool for surgical trainees. Currently, there is no simulation resource, virtual, mechanical, or live, that provides standardized ideal tissue mechanical characteristics, measurable and reproducible trainee tasks, and formative feedback to assess trainee progression in ophthalmologic wound repair. We propose to develop a platform of 3D printed tissues with intrinsic motion tracking for application in ophthalmic surgical training programs utilizing three state-of-the-art construction methods: electrospinning, 3D bioprinting and BioLP laser induced cell and particle transfer. The proposed simulation training system would combine the strengths of both mechanical and virtual models: a mechanical tissue with a three dimensional nano- and micro-structure built to the specific known parameters of human tissues with embedded sensors to track tissue manipulation and localized stress and strain during procedures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1061902
Entities
People
- Kyle T. Packer
- Lee J Johnson
Organizations
- Geneva Foundation