SOMIT Cross Section Projects
In the framework of the SOMIT initiative (Gentle Surgery with Innovative Technology) of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), concepts for the planning and performing surgery in the fields of orthopaedics, liver surgery and head surgery are developed. The three consortia OrthoMIT, FUSION und CoHS cooperate in four cross section projects. The Chair of Medical Engineering participates in three of them:
Funding
The SOMIT projects were funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
(Project term: 7/2008-6/2010)
Cross Section Project Integration
The SOMIT project Integration deals with the aspect of modular integration of medical devices in the operating room and the ergonomic and economic aspects.
Within the integration part of the project, the different approaches for integration used by the project partners are discussed and a common framework is developed, which will be further enhanced during the project based on the experience.
The ergonomic and economic part of the project deals with the questions how an integrated workstation in the operating room effect the user experience and usability, as well as the economic aspect of an optimized infrastructure and workflow in the operating room.
Partner:
- Chair of Medical Engineering, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University (Project coordination)
- Synagon GmbH, Aachen (Project coordination)
- VDE/DGBMT, Frankfurt
- Dräger Medical AG, Lübeck
- Siemens AG Medical Solutions, Erlangen
- University Lübeck / Unitransferklinik Lübeck
- University of Applied Science Münster
Cross Section Project Tracking
The SOMIT project Tracking addresses common problems in the field of localizer technologies.
In the first part, tracking systems are evaluated with focus on the clinical environment. Methods for intraoperative verification of the setups accuracy and recalibration of tracked tools are developed.
The second part evaluates the clinical application of new tracking technologies:
- Laparoscopic Tracking: determining the position of intracorporal tools using the monoscopic camera of the laparoscope.
- Inertial Tracking: Augmenting optical or electromagnetic tracking systems with additional inertial sensors to overcome problems such as temporary line-of-sight obstruction
Partner:
- Chair of Medical Engineering, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University (Project coordination)
- Chair of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
- Department for Orthopaedics, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University
- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein in Lübeck
- Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems, University of Lübeck
- Institute of Electromechanical Design, Technical University of Darmstadt
- B. Braun Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen
- CAS Innovations AG, Erlangen
- SurgiTAIX AG, Aachen
Cross Section Project Education and Research
As modern OR-components are getting more and more complex, product usability as well as effective and efficient education and training modules are of increasing importance.
In all SOMIT consortia the introduction of novel techniques and assistance systems into the OR is supported by specific education and training concepts.
The aim of the SOMIT project Education and Training is to:
- cross-link these approaches,
- derive standardized guidelines for education systems in surgery,
- implement an interdisciplinary web-based SOMIT Education and Training Platform,
- provide information and interactive courses from all SOMIT-disciplines (orthopaedics, liver surgery and ophthalmology) to medical students as well as experts and
- use the synergistic benefit to support the education modules in all SOMIT-consortia.
Partner:
- Chair of Medical Engineering, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University (Project coordination)
- UniTransferKlinik Lübeck GmbH (Project coordination)
Synagon GmbH, Aachen - Department for Orthopaedics, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University
- Institute of Simulation and Graphics, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
- PolyDimensions GmbH, Bickenbach
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein in Lübeck