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Archived news.
2008:
Jun 11 - 14
EAES - European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden
Jun 14 - 17
NFOG - Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Reykjavik, Iceland
May 14 - 16
ASGBI - The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Bournemouth, UK
http://bournemouth.asgbi.org.uk/
May 23 - 25
The 3rd Panhellenic Congress on Endoscopic Surgery, Thessaloniki, Greece
http://www.erasmus.gr/congresses/endoskopy2008/
Apr 22 - 25, 2008
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, Berlin, Germany
http://www.chirurgie2008.de/
Apr 9 - 12, 2008
SAGES - Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Philadelphia, USA
http://www.sages.org/
Apr 9 - 12, 2008
Minimal Invasive Therapy in Gynaecology, Kvitfjell, Norway
http://www.oistre.com
Mars 27 - 28, 2008
NVEC - De Nederlandse Vereniging voor Endoscopische Chirurgie
Http://www.nvec.nl/
Feb 28 - March 01, 2008
7. Dreiländertreffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaften für minimal invasive Chirurgie, Linz, Austria
http://www.mic2008.at/
February 23 - 29, 2008
25 th International Gastrointestinal Surgery Workshop
Congress Center Davos, Switzerland
http://www.davoscourse.ch
January 14 - 16, 2008
SSiH - Society of Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, USA.
http://www.ssih.org/
2007:
November 13 - 17, 2007, Washington
AAGL
October 3 - 5, 2007, Paris
109eme Congres Francais de Chirurgie
October 7 - 11, 2007, New Orleans
ACS
September 5 - 8, 2007 - Portoroz, Slovenia
6th Annual Congress of the ESGE
September 5 - 8, 2007, San Francisco
SLS Annual meeting
July 4 - 7, 2007 - Athens - Greece
15th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S.)
June 2007 - Copenhagen - Denmark
13th annual meeting of SESAM
May 2007
On the 10th of May the popular TV series 'Good Morning America' featured the use of simulation in surgical training. This was illustrated with Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston using one of the modules (procedural cholecystectomy training) in SEP from SimSurgery.
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February 24 - March 2, 2007
The organizers of the 24th Course of Open and Laparoscopic Surgical Techniques in Davos, Switzerland, 24 February - 2 March 2007, used SurgicalSim Education Platform (SEPTM) at the Workshop for Laparoscopic Surgery.
http://www.davoscourse.ch
2006:
November 2006
The co-founder of SimSurgery® AS Jan Sigurd Røtnes demonstrated the SurgicalSim Education Platform (SEP™) to the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry (Dag Terje Andersen) and the Minister of Health and Care Services (Sylvia Brustad) at the National Hospital (photo: Rikshospitalet, 15 Nov. 2006). SimSurgery® was selected as a successful example of state funding instruments for innovation and commercialization. The ministers predisted increased funding to healthcare focused enterprises.
SimSurgery® AS appoints new CEO
Oslo, 31 October 2006 - SimSurgery® AS today announced that they have appointed Vidar Sørhus as Chief Executive Officer of the company. A promotion from the position as Chief Operational Officer, his primary role at SimSurgery® AS will now be to bring the commercialization of the company forward and to maintain the company in the forefront of surgical simulation.
Vidar Sørhus holds a MSc in control theory and a PhD in medical technology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Sørhus has been with SimSurgery® since 2000 and has had the position as COO during the last years.
Co-founder and currently CEO, Jan Sigurd Røtnes, MD, PhD is leaving the company to pursue his medical career at the Directorate for Health and Social Affairs (SHdir). He will be leading the department with national responsibilities for Guidelines, Priorities and Quality. Røtnes has been Chief Executive Officer since the establishment of the company i 1999. Røtnes will continue his commitment to the company as a member of the board.
Erik Langaker, Chairman, SimSurgery® AS, said, "During the last months, Vidar Sørhus has been responsible for the successful development of the new product platform, which will be an important value driver for the company in the future. With his economical and technological focus, I believe that Vidar Sørhus will further accelerate the positive trend of the company".
Press release
October 2006
SEP™ - SurgicalSim Education Platform was exhibited and used at the "108ème Congrès Français de Chirurgie et 2ème Congrès de Chirurgie de la
Francophonie"
2-4 Oct, Paris : "Palais des Congres de Paris".
http://www.b-c-a.fr/afc108
September 2006
SEP™ - SurgicalSim Education Platform was used during training courses and exhibited at 10th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery
and
14th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
September 13 – 16, Berlin, Germany
http://congresses.eaes-eur.org/
Juli 2006
First Dutch VR division-broad congress, August 30, Utrecht, Netherland
June 2006
SEP™ - SurgicalSim Education Platform was exhibited and used in the surgical workshop at: the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM2006), June 29 -July 1, Porto, Portugal
May 2006
SEP™ - SurgicalSim Education Platform was exhibited at: 123. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (German Surgical Congress) in Berlin, 2-6 May, 2006
The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) Annual Scientific Meeting, Edinburgh, 3-5 Mai, 2006
April 2006
SEP™ - SurgicalSim Education Platform was used during training courses and exhibited at SAGES 2006 Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, USA April 26-29.
"Sages 2006"
SEP™ - the robot was used at the learning center for training robotic suturing techniques.
"Sages Robot 2006"
March 2006
SimSurgery® is proud to announce that our Company and our surgical simulator SEP™ has been appointed as one of the 20 winners of the European ICT Prize.
The winners of the ICT Prize were proposed to the European Commision by Euro-CASE, based on the evaluation by independent experts from 16 countries.
The European ICT Prize Awards Ceremony took place on March 23, 2006 at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
For further information, please see: http://www.ICT-prize.org/
"ICT winners"
February 2006
SEP - SurgicalSim Education Platform was demonstrated during the Human Patient Simulator Network meeting in Tampa, USA – organized by Medical Education Technologies, Inc. METI Feb 28 - March 3.
"SEP™ was demonstrated during the Human Patient Simulator Network meeting"
January 24 - 27, 2006
SimSurgery® demonstrated SEP™-Robot in the TATRC exhibit at the MMVR conference (Medicine Meets Virtual Reality) in Los Angeles.
"SEP™-Robot is demonstrated at MMVR"
January 23 - 25, 2006
SimSurgery® demonstrated SEP™ at les XXXVI èmes Journées de Chirurgie digestive de l’Hôpital Saint-Antoine in Paris.
2005:
December 2005
Awarded funding from TATRC for Development of a Portable Simulator for
Training Robot Assisted Surgery.
TATRC: Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, US Army
Medical Research & Materiel Command
December 7, 2005
SimSurgery® distributor in Japan, Muranaka Medical Instruments Co. Ltd., had a successful introduction of SEP - SurgicalSim Education Platform, at the 18th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Endoscope Surgery in Tokyo, December 7-9, 2005.
"SEP™ at the 18th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Endoscope Surgery in Tokyo."
November 30, 2005
SimSurgery® demonstrating SEP™ at the European ICT Prize Exhibition at the European Commission in Brussels, 30 November – 1 December 2005.
"SEP™ at the European ICT Prize Exhibition at the European Commission."
November 18, 2005
State Secretary Karin Yrvin from the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry visited SimSurgery®, together with a delegation from the Ministry and from the Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Ministry of Modernisation. The State Secretary congratulated SimSurgery® on being nominated to the European ICT Grand Prize, and also got a chance to try out the SEP™ simulator.
"Karin Yrvin from the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry tries out the SEP™ simulator."
October 16-20, 2005
Our US partner METI (www.meti.com) demonstrated SEP™ at ACS,
American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress
San Francisco, USA
"Two SEP™ simulators exhibited at ACS by METI"
September 28-30, 2005
SimSurgery® demonstrated SEP™ at 107 congres Francais de Chirurgie, Paris
"The SimSurgery® booth with SEP™. One of the visitors is the popular French actor Thierry Lhermitte."
September 14-17, 2005
Our US partner METI (www.meti.com) demonstrated SEP™ at
the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 14th International Annual Meeting
San Diego, California, USA
August 22-26, 2005
SimSurgery® demonstrated SEP™ at the Swedish Surgical Week
Gävle, Sweden
June 1-4, 2005
SimSurgery® demonstrated SEP™ at EAES, Venice, Italy
"The SimSurgery® booth at EAES, where SEP™ was demonstrated with both the SimPack™ and Xitact surgical interface (ITP)."
April 13-16, 2005
SimSurgery® demonstrated SEP™ at SAGES, Florida, USA (together with our US partner METI)
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