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Professor Robert Middleton

Professor of Orthopaedics, Bournemouth University

Head Orthopaedic Research Institute, ORI BU

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bournemouth

Director Trauma Poole

Virtual Reality

The only way to train surgeons of the future?

Mako Robot

Surgical Robot 2017

Robots in the 99 ’s

Robots in the ’s

Mako Robotic Arm

Mako Robotic Hip Replacement

Virtual Reality

• Near Reality

• Presents us with a

computer generated

3D virtual

enviroment we can

explore

Virtual reality

Virtual reality is the answer

• Too dangerous

• Too time consuming

• Too expensive

Outliers

The Rule

Virtual Reality Surgical Simulators

ORIBU Gait Lab

Thank you