CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Simbionix
Ltd., a subsidiary of Simbionix USA Corporation, the world’s
leading provider of medical education and simulation training
products for medical professionals and the healthcare industry, and
USF Health, an organization dedicated to creating a model of health
care based on understanding the full spectrum of health, are proud
to announce that together they received a BIRD (Binational
Industrial Research and Development) Grant to support the
development of a Laparoscopic Hysterectomy simulation module.
The BIRD Foundation was established by the U.S. and Israeli
governments in 1977 to generate mutually beneficial cooperation
between the private sectors of the U.S. and Israeli high tech
industries, including start-ups and established organizations. BIRD
provides both matchmaking services between U.S. and Israeli
companies, as well as funding covering up to 50 percent of project
development and initial product commercialization costs.
Developing this new Laparoscopic Hysterectomy module supports
Simbionix’ goal for including complex advanced procedures in their
comprehensive LAP Mentor(TM) Simulator. It also reaffirms
Simbionix’ commitment towards improving the quality of care in the
field of Women’s Health. Approximately 600,000 hysterectomies are
performed annually in the US, making it the second most frequently
performed major surgical procedure. The Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
procedure requires greater surgical skills than the vaginal and
abdominal methods, and as such necessitates performing
approximately 15 procedures before surgeons become proficient.
Since this procedure is difficult to teach using conventional
methods, practicing Ob-Gyns may have never received laparoscopic
training during their residency. The new module will use medical
simul
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