Science and Media: Wound Debridement

The Wound Debridement training simulator, developed at VMASC / ODU 2003-2007 is a real time, 3D graphics augmented reality training application.
This video shows how the trainee interacts with the simulator i.e. through the use of a Phantom Haptic device. This robotic arm tracks their position in the virtual environment and renders force feedback. Therefore the trainee can feel the spongy resistance of the wound flesh as well as the hard resistance of the glass shards.
A video capture of the trainee's view of the wound during a debridement session is shown in the second movie. During this real-time capture of her interaction she is using forceps to search for and removes debris. This also causes bleeding.
The application shown is a prototype simulator. It was developed using Derivative software and has a patent pending.