Innovative teaching tool

Refines surgical skills

Surgical simulation training

Supervize & demonstrate

During surgical training, the teacher traditionally observes the trainee’s work using a mono teaching tube or viewing a 2D image on a monitor. The DRV enables the teacher to view the stereo image in real time to supervize the trainee or, alternatively, the teacher can perform demonstrations for the student to view in 3D. The zoom microscope module allows adjustment of the viewing angle, which when combined with a special holder to mount the model eye, better simulates the position and angle of the patient’s eye for trainees to practice MIGS skills, such as trabeculectomy.

User testimony

Equip trainees for real surgery

David Lockington, MBBCh BAO (Hons) FRCOphth PhD, of the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology’s surgical simulation suite at Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, regularly uses the DRV. He says: “The full 3D HD images of the DRV offer a clear advantage over traditional binocular eyepiece microscopes, with a better user experience due to the heads-up posture. Our trainees are now able to gain the advantage of performing surgical simulation tasks in a more ergonomic way, including viewing high magnification 3D images without the need for additional glasses. Vision Engineering’s DRV has been an extremely valuable addition to our dry-lab and I believe that it represents an ideal technology for use in similar ophthalmology training simulation situations.”