NVIDIA’s Open Simulator Set to Transform Surgical Robotics
Enabling a “virtual training ground” for medical robots, development teams can run thousands of simulated procedures at once, helping them identify problems earlier and focus costly lab time on the most important real-world tests.
Medical robotics firms advance surgical simulation
NVIDIA’s healthcare simulation technologies are already being adopted by leading medical technology companies, providing an early indication of how simulation could reshape surgical robotics development.
CMR Surgical and Cambridge Consultants, part of Capgemini, are using Cosmos-H-Dreams, a real-time generative AI physics simulation capability in the Medical Physics Simulation framework, to create patient-specific surgical simulations by modelling the complex interactions between surgical instruments and soft tissue.
The collaboration has contributed almost 500 hours of anonymised clinical data, supporting research across procedures including gallbladder removal, prostate surgery, hernia repair and hysterectomy.
“Open source models allow us to build on shared knowledge, accelerating responsible innovation and, ultimately, give us the potential to deliver more consistent care and better outcomes for patients worldwide,” says Chris Fryer, Chief Technology Officer at CMR Surgical.
