MEPhI: Living tissue training simulator for surgeons

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2024: Development of the Live Tissue Training Simulator

A group of employees of the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" under the guidance of Denis Shimanovsky, a teacher of the Engineering and Physical Institute of Biomedicine, MEPhI, has developed a training simulator "Living Tissue" to train future surgeons. The university announced this on December 25, 2024.

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The simulator is a plastic dummy imitating the human body, in which organ complexes are placed, quite accurately imitating the internal organs of a person.

Most internal human organs are imitated with similar porcine organs; in addition, the dummy will be filled with a special fat mixture that mimics human visceral fat, and will also be pierced with silicone tubes with a liquid that mimics human blood. The movement of blood along the "circulatory system" of the dummy is provided by electric motors, which will maintain fluid pressure in the vessels, approximately corresponding to blood pressure.

Students and residents receiving surgical specialties will be able to operate this simulator using real surgical instruments, interacting with an object as close as possible to the human body in strength, consistency, color, etc.

The organ complexes will be consumable material, which in the future will be supplied to medical universities and clinics by the manufacturer of simulators.

As of December 2024, the Living Fabric project is in the process of receiving funding from the MEPhI University Accelerator. In addition to financing, accelerator participants have the opportunity to obtain expertise and support from Rosatom state corporation companies and the opportunity to create joint projects in the future, including piloting solutions at their own sites and industries.