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Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Robert P Jury

Samuel David Drew

Richard H Feins

A surgeon training apparatus includes a cassette, which includes biological tissue re-purposed into a form consistent with the anatomical configuration of a foregut, affixed into an anatomically correct framework which replicates the abdominal anatomy. The framework positions the cassette in an anatomically correct position within the abdominal cavity, enabling surgeons to train using a properly positioned representation of the target anatomy, thus requiring the surgeon to properly use surgical tools to simulate surgical operations performed on a foregut. The cassette is formed by applying biologic tissue to a specially designed 'plate,' which affixes the tissue block into the anatomic framework. The cassette can be positioned inside a mannequin, and can be used to train surgeons to perform surgeries using multiple techniques, including robot assisted and laparoscopic methods.

Simulation model for laparoscopic foregut surgery

A device for cutting through pavement in order to remove a manhole casting during the repaving of a road surface so that the manhole casting may be raised or lowered to correspond with the elevation of the new road surface. The device is mounted on a conventional road grader that has been modified to accommodate the device and is positioned over the manhole casting so that the existing pavement and cement may be cut from the road surface and the manhole casting removed to permit bricks to be laid on or removed from the manhole so as to raise or lower the manhole so that the manhole casting's height will correspond with the elevation of the new road surface.

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Durham, NC, United States of America

Robert P Jury