TELEROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM FOR REMOTE SURGEON TRAINING USING ROBOTIC SURGERY STATION AND REMOTE SURGEON STATION AND AN ANIMATING DEVICE

摘要

A telerobotic surgery system for remote surgeon training may include a robotic surgery station at a first location in a first structure at a first geographic point. Harvested animated animal tissue is at the robotic surgery station and includes harvested animal tissue, and at least one animating device coupled thereto. A remote surgeon trainee station at a second location in a second structure at a second geographic point is remote from the first geographic point. A remote surgeon instructor station may also be included. A communications network couples the stations so that a trainee surgeon at the remote surgeon trainee station is able to remotely train by performing surgery on the harvested animated animal tissue at said robotic surgery station, and while an instructor surgeon at the remote surgeon instructor station is able to remotely instruct the trainee surgeon by also performing surgery.