LAP Mentor

A Comprehensive Simulator for Learners of All Levels

LAP Mentor provides a wide array of hands-on laparoscopic training cases from essential laparoscopic skills to advanced complete clinical procedures. The simulator provides a safe and motivating learning environment, as well as a complete educational solution ready to be integrated into training programs.

Developed with surgical opinion leaders, medical societies and educators, LAP Mentor is used across the world to help surgeons master the technical skills before seeing their patients. Its different platforms – haptic and non-haptic – support different program needs and budgets.

High-Fidelity Surgical Training

See how simulation can replace cadaver labs and get a quick introduction to our LAP Mentor simulator.

Features and Benefits

Complex clinical scenarios with real-time complications and injuries
Lifelike tactile feedback and highly realistic graphics
Wide range of surgical instruments and various trocar configurations
Comprehensive objective performance reports and benchmark setting tools
Educational aids such as 3D anatomical maps, step-by-step real-life videos, interactive instructions and ready-to-use courses
Proctor Mode, allowing for real-time intervention during the procedure such as triggering of injuries

Modules

Basic Skills Module

Essential Tasks Module

Basic & Advanced Suturing Module

Camera Manipulation Module

Appendectomy Module

Cholecystectomy Procedural Tasks Module

Cholecystectomy Full Procedure Module

Cholangiography Module

Incisional Hernia Module

Inguinal Hernia Module

Distal Gastrectomy Module

Gastric Bypass Module

Nissen Fundoplication Module

Sigmoidectomy Module

Nephrectomy Module

Essential GYN Module

Hysterectomy Procedure Module

Vaginal Cuff Closure Module

Myomectomy Suturing Module

Lobectomy Module

Testimonials

“…Students who have had training on the LAP Mentor were 70% more proficient than the control group who had no simulation training. They had 70% less complications and errors, were more confident and…

Sandeep Ganni

Director, GSL SMART Lab (Simulated Modules for Advanced Research and Training Laboratory), India and a research fellow at Catharina Hospital, Netherlands

“…LAP Mentor is perfect for learning the individual stages of the procedure, it allows you to make mistakes, which will be meticulously summarized even when it comes to the report of proper tissue management…

Dr. Klaudia Korecka

Pediatric Surgeon, Upper Silesian Child Health Center, Katowice, Poland

"We have only had our Simbionix simulators for about a year and have been pleased with the amount of usage that they have received.
In addition to the utilization for resident training by Urology,…

Elizabeth Young

Simulation Program Specialist, LSU Health Shreveport

Validations

Laparoscopic Warm-up Exercises Improve Performance of Senior-Level Trainees During Laparoscopic Renal Surgery Lee et al, Journal of Endourology 2012

Urologic trainees who performed a warm-up exercice 1 hour before laparoscopic renal surgery demonstrated improved cognitive, psychomotor, and technical performance.