Outline

The lifelike model allows training and practicing of comprehensive knotting techniques and vascular ligation as well as large-scale training of the students.

Skills Gained

· One-handed reef knot 

· Two-handed reef knot

· Instrument tie

· Surgeon’s knot

· Extra half hitch on reef knot

· Tying at depth vertically in a large opening

· Vascular ligation

Features

· Anatomy: 

  Simulated abdominal cavity, blood vessels and vascular bed

· Key Features:

  1)   Flexible and elastic abdominal wall for tying in a small opening

  2)   Easy-removal abdominal wall enables easy replacement of the blood vessels

  3)   The simulated blood vessels, flexible and realistic, are divided into two different diameters, and can be attached to the simulated vascular bed

  4)   The blood vessels enable simulated blood infusion

  5)   Portable, lightweight and easy to carry

  6)   Simulated blood vessels and vascular bed are replaceable