Telesurgery, Robotic Systems for Surgery, Related Companies

• JPL:Robot Assisted Microsurgery Task
• Stanford:Palo Alto VA Hospital Rehabilitation R&D Center
• MIT:Telesurgery Project Home Page
• MIT:Human-Machine Systems Laboratory
• Guidant

Cardiac Surgery

• MIDCAB (info from Mid-Atlantic Surgical Associates)
• MIDCAB (info from Developing Nations Cardiology & Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Forum)

  Organizations and Institutes

• American Heart Association National Center
• International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Heart Surgery Forum
• Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
• Cardiology Compass
• Heartnet (Washington Adventist Hospital, Maryland)

Commercial Products

• CardioThoracic Systems: CTS MIDCAB System
• Heartport: Port-Access Systems
• Medtronic: Octopus Tissue Stabilizer
• Computer Motion
• Guidant: Cardiac & Vascular Surgery Group
• Intuitive Surgical

Surgical Simulation, Training, Virtual Environments for Surgery

• Artma Virtual Patient® Augmented Reality in Medicine
• Boston Dynamics:Virtual Surgery
• Computer Aided Surgery: Internet Resources
• GIT GVU: Virtual Environments and Real-time Deformations for Surgery Simulation
• Holl-med, Rehab & Assistive Equipment
• HT Medical Systems Inc.
• MERL: Surgical Simulation and Training
• Musculographics:LTS Limb Trauma Simulator Data Sheet
• UW HITL:Medical Interface Research Group - Projects
• Nat. Library of Medicine: The Visible Human Project
• UCSD Bioengineering Home Page
• U Auckland:Bioengineering Research Group
• GeorgiaTech:Biomedical Interactive Technology Center - Interest Areas
• Karlsruhe:Simulation of soft tissue
• U Colorado:Visible Human Products
• U Colorado:Center for Human Simulation

Last updated: March 1998. MCC.