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Videos of Surgeries in Animals, Cadavers, and Models with the Virtuoso System
Ex-Vivo Prostate Model:
Full System
Dr. Duke Herrell, Interim CEO, operating the Virtuoso System in a model prostate resection. This uncut video shows the surgical site, the surgeon controls, and the endoscope positioning simultaneously.
Uterine Surgery Comparison:Today (Left) vs. Virtuoso (Right)
Virtuoso’s tools are delivered for resection of a polypoid mass using retraction and electrosurgery in an ex-vivo porcine model. Shown side-by-side with a procedure today.
Uterine Retraction and Resection: Ex-Vivo Porcine Model
Resection of a polypoid mass using retraction and electrosurgery in an ex-vivo porcine model. Shown side-by-side with the surgeon’s hands. The operating surgeon was new to the system, illustrating that there is essentially no learning curve in using it.
Bladder Wall Resection: Cadaver
Retraction and energy delivery in a cadaver bladder. This simulates the Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT) surgical procedure.
Live Animal (Porcine)Uterine Resection
The surgeon resects into the wall, delivers a snare, lifts, and applies traction to the tissue to enable further resection and bleeding control.
Ex-Vivo Ovine Central Airway Obstruction Resection
Retraction and resection of an obstruction in the trachea in a sheep model.
Prostate Tissue Dissection
Retraction and energy delivery in cadaver prostate tissue.
Prostate Tissue Resection: Cadaver
Retraction and energy delivery in cadaver prostate tissue.
