Fractured Femur Simulator

Touch of Life Technologies (ToLTech), in collaboration with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), the Center for Human Simulation, and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA), will develop a Fractured Femur Simulator. This simulator will utilize advanced graphic and haptic displays, as well as the data from the Visible Human Male, to portray various patient scenarios with varying complexity of patient trauma. The simulator will incorporate features such as tissue transparency, fluoroscopy, and simulated ultrasound. Due to their extensive simulation experience and variety of skills, ToLTech is confident it can develop a quality product that will provide realistic force –feedback and visual images in real time environments. Tissues will be deformable, polygons can be severed, and realistic lighting models will provide the visualization of blood and other tissues. The deformable models that will be developed for the simulator will also be usable in future simulations of other orthopaedic procedures. With the Fractured Femur Simulator, users will be trained and assessed on their diagnosis, procedural skills, and therapeutic decision-making abilities based on each specific situation. This simulator will be marketed for training and testing of battlefield medics, triage personnel, MASH physicians, and rehabilitative health care professionals.