Project Start: Digitally enhanced Surgical Training
pd|z and SYNBONE have joined forces for a 2.5 year Innosuisse project aimed at enhancing surgical training through digitalization. It is intended to improve the objectivity of education and training and simplify access to training with standardized methods.
October 2022, the pd|z started an Innosuisse project together with SYNBONE. The Swiss company develops, produces and distributes globally innovative bone and soft tissue models for the training of orthopedic surgeons. The goal of the project is to further improve their surgical education by enhancing the current analog training with a digital setup. Using advanced digital technology, tools, implants and bone models can be tracked in three-dimensional space. This allows to statistically analyze the behavior of the trainees and to provide objective feedback on their performance. The resulting automation should not only improve the accuracy and objectivity of the feedback, but also increase access to training methods by eliminating the need for instructors to be present.
December 2022, the pd|z Human Behavior Group was invited by SYNBONE to present a first prototype of this technology at the AO Foundation Courses in Davos.
For more information, please contact Tobias Stauffer.