More than any other, Simbionix’s range of medical training simulators are designed to offer a complete educational solution, for both individual practice and group teaching.

GI Mentor®

GI Endoscopy Surgical Training Simulator

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The GI Mentor is the most comprehensive training module for GI procedures in the world...

With GI Mentor, clinicians are able to practice upper and lower GI procedures across an extensive training curriculum including everything from the fundamentals of endoscopic skills to advanced procedures such as ERCP and Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS). Features include an extensive library of virtual patients, and over 120 tasks & cases including: flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, gastroscopy and emergency bleeding scenarios. The GI Mentor has been specifically designed to offer a true-to-life endoscopic procedure using the same tools and accessories as in real procedures. It is these factors which have made GI Mentor the GI endoscopic simulator of choice used by leading societies to train and assess endoscopic skills.

Objective feedback on each procedure allows trainees to review their performance and also save the performance for reviewing at a later date. Feedback parameters include scope location, state of the GI tract, problematic occurrences and patient discomfort during the procedure.

As a designated instructor, the GI Mentor allows you to review the saved performances of all trainees and also gives the option to designate that trainees MUST save performances and decide whether trainees are able to see educational aids and videos during procedures.

Instructors can quickly and easily build a bespoke training programme, using the 20 different upper GI and lower GI cases to prepare a custom curriculum which can be assigned to one or multiple trainees, or be saved as a template.

During procedures, multiple educational aids provide instructions and guidance, demonstrative videos and running feedback.

The ability to build bespoke training programmes, to set up instructors, and for these instructors to be able to review trainees’ performance, makes GI Mentor ideal for in-house assessments and refreshers.

Simbionix are currently working with the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) on the Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) online training and testing programme.

The GI Mentor’s comprehensive library of modules provides a curriculum for the training of basic and advanced procedures, from rehearsing basic endoscopic skills to carrying out specific complex and challenging procedures. Constant collaboration with the medical community means that the library of modules is always under development, so let us know your thoughts and watch this space...

The cyberscopy module is designed to optimise the acquisition of basic GI endoscopy skills.Non-anatomical environments mean that the focus is on basic skills such as scope manipulation, hand-eye co-ordination, and accurate manoeuvring of scope and tool. The module includes:

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One of the GI Mentor’s big features is to be able to switch between upper GI endoscopy and lower GI endoscopy at the click of  a button. There are two upper GI  endoscopy modules which involve performing a complete survey of the upper GI tract with a forward viewing video-endoscope and identifying typical lesions and then allow users to perform fully simulated procedures, meaning the whole process of diagnosis through to therapeutic treatment is possible.

Across there are twenty virtual patient cases which come complete with case histories, biological test results and x-rays for ultimate realism.
To aid rehearsal, the cases are arranged in order from the more simple diagnostic tasks to complex cases involving therapeutic procedures in patients with major pathologies.

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Endobubble

Endobasket

Upper GI endoscopy

identifying typical

        lesions

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Along with the upper GI endoscopy modules, the GI Mentor offers two comprehensive lower GI  endoscopy modules. These enable a complete survey of the lower GI tract with an authentic forward viewing video-endoscope to hone diagnostic techniques and increase recognition of typical lesions and abnormalities.

Twenty virtual patient cases with full patient history are again present to enhance realism. Along the way, trainees will encounter true-to-life situations such as intestinal looping and complex colon anatomies. Patient discomfort can also be monitored throughout in order to teach best-practice procedure with minimal pain.

Therapeutic procedures such as biopsy and polypectomy can be practiced as fully simulated procedures, with complete procedural feedback.

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Lower GI endoscopy

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Polypectomy

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GI Mentor’s advanced ERCP modules are the first and

only ERCP simulated medical training applications available.

All the cases featured include split-screen simultaneous display of endoscopic and fluoroscopic views.
There is an extensive range of endoscopic tools available for therapeutic procedures such as sphincterotomy, stone extraction, and stent placement. The module includes a designated duodenoscope for life-like simulation of ERCP procedures.

GI Mentor’s ERCP modules include the following complete procedures:

• Scope manoeuvre to locate the papilla

• Cannulation of the papilla

• Injection of contrast exposes biliary tree and pancreatic duct view this

• Sphincterotomy with a sphincterotome / needle knife view this

• Insertion of a guide wire view this

• Placement of plastic and metal stents view this

• Stone extraction using a basket or extraction balloon  view this

• Dilation of strictures with a balloon  view this

• Use of a cytology brush

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Stone extraction by basket

Sphincterotomy of the papilla

Replacement of a plastic stent

The emergency bleeding module on GI Mentor features ten virtual patients with emergency hemorrhaging in the upper GI tract, which all require immediate attention. This emergency bleeding module is particularly crucial due to the unpredictable nature of bleeding in the upper GI tract and the difficulty of training for such incidents, plus the necessarily quick response time.

Emergency Bleeding Complete Procedures Included:

• Complete surveys of the upper GI tract through emergency endoscopy

• Diagnostic procedures for patients who demonstrate symptoms of bleeding

• Therapeutic procedures using various accessories geared for bleeding

 pathologies

Emergency Bleeding Features Included:

• Bleeding ulcers
• Bleding tumours
• Dieulafoy’s lesion

• Mallory-Weiss tear

• Spurting artery

• Blood oozing from clot edges

• Protruding submucosal vessels

Emergency Bleeding Accessories Included:

• Spray catheter
• Bipolar coagulation probe
• Injection needle

• Cold snare

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The flexible sigmoidoscopy module on GI Mentor meets the growing need for training in this area. Increased awareness of the need for early population screening for colorectal cancer has made it imperative that endoscopists and trainees be provided with a means for practicing on a variety of patient anatomies and pathologies. With this in mind, the GI Mentor’s sigmoidoscopy cases have been created using real medical and patient data, and focus on focus specifically on sigmoidoscopy up to the transverse colon entrance in numerous virtual patients.

GI Mentor’s flexible sigmoidoscopy module will allow you to:

• Become familiar with flexible sigmoidoscopy  and the

 indications for colon cancer screening
• Practice on difficult and unusual anatomies
• Determine the appropriateness of sigmoidoscopy

  procedures in high-risk situations

• Identify pathologies

• Practice endoscopic biopsy techniques

• Develop necessary skills and become familiar in

  the use of endoscopy tools

• Make appropriate recommendations based on findings

Features of the sigmoidoscopy module:

• 10 complete virtual patient cases complete with patient

   histories and case notes
• Examination of the anus, rectum, sigmoid and descending colon
• Retro in the distal rectum for complete examination

• Identification of a variety of anatomies and pathologies

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Hemorrhoids

Retro in the distal rectum

The GI mentor’s endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) module is the first and only application to provide hands-on practice and learning of endoscopic ultrasonography procedures combined with teaching aids and on-screen advice. State-of-the-art technology enables users to manoeuvre an authentic scope whilst viewing a realistic ultrasonography presentation in real-time to create a true-to-life simulation like no other.

Main EUS simulation features:

• Over 30 EUS tasks, including didactic visual explanations
• Test ability of self or others to recognise key US anatomy and landmarks
• Both linear and radial probes

• Realistic scope manoeuvring
• Haptic feedback

• Switch easily between anatomical and US view

• Option for split screen showing both views

• Realistic anatomy created from genuine from CT / MRI scans

• Zoom, pan and flip options

• Freeze US images at any time

• Use “characters” and “caliper” over frozen images

• Save frozen images for later review / teaching use - 50 per procedure

Visual aids during EUS simulation:

• Use ‘labels’ feature to see instant anatomy identification on US view
• Click on ‘3D map’ to view a realistic 3D anatomical presentation
• 3D map includes an ultrasonography beam that ‘slices’ anatomy for better

 understanding

• Use ‘filter’ option to hide/highlight selected anatomy in 3D map
• View colour-indexed anatomy over US view for easy interpretation

Performance evaluation:

• Review all saved images
• Indicates landmarks that were not properly identified by user
• Indicates anatomy that was not properly identified by user

Helpers

Labels

Linear / radial

3D map

Filtered 3D map

Split screen

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The GI-BRONCH Mentor from Simbionix is a combined paltform for virtual reality simulation training of GI endoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy. Either the GI Mentor or BRONCH Mentor can be purchased separately, but a combined unit offers an exceptional value-for-money training solution.

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more modules than any other

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build your own training curriculum

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performance feedback

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complete set of instruments

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multiple skill levels

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teaching aids

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excellent support

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only ERCP simulator on the market

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based on real patient data

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upper & lower GI