Simbionix is a leader in the development and delivery of innovative and effective virtual reality simulation products and solutions for clinical education and training of medical professionals. Their products are designed to accelerate best-practice medical training, advance clinical performance, and improve patient safety. Surgeons can also use the simulator to practice a complex procedure prior to the actual surgery.
Fueled by growing demand for its medical simulation technology, Simbionix is expanding the size of its corporate headquarters in the Baker Building, located in Cleveland’s Health-Tech Corridor - and also moving into a new research and development facility in Israel. Simbionix is adding 1,300 square feet of space to its Cleveland headquarters, bringing total square footage up to 4,300.
Simbionix was founded in Israel in 1997, and added operations in Cleveland in 2002. It was established by a small group of individuals with a multi-disciplinary background in marketing, software programming and 3-D graphics, who developed the GI Mentor™, the industry's first computer-based simulator for training endoscopic procedures skills. Since then, Simbionix has successfully launched a complete line of medical simulators, which provide medical professionals with hands-on training in a comprehensive array of Minimally Invasive Surgery procedures including:
• URO Mentor™ - industry's only simulator for endourology procedures
• PERC Mentor™ for percutaneous access procedures,
• LAP Mentor™ - a multi disciplinary simulator for laparoscopic skills and surgery procedures, and
• ANGIO Mentor™, a multidisciplinary simulator that provides hands-on practice in an extensive and complete simulated environment of interventional endovascular procedures
The FDA recently cleared the company’s PROcedure Rehearsal Studio software for clinical use in transferring imaging data from a medical scanner, such as a CT device, to an output file.
Simbionix simulation products have been validated in several scientific studies and the company cooperates closely with both industry and leading medical institutions such as Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic and other international institutions to develop the most advanced simulators for the training and assessment of medical professionals. The company is even developing medical education applications for iPod and iPad.
Recognizing the ongoing trends in the certification of clinicians in a range of MIS procedures that are becoming more complex, Simbionix has acquired eTrinsic, a leader in Education Content development. Together with the Mentor Platforms, Simbionix provides a complete solution for the training and certification of physicians in advanced surgery skills in a safe and controlled environment, increasing patient safety and procedure efficiency. It is