The PHACON Principle

Strategies of operating can be trained with real instruments with the necessary haptic, as usual with specimen. Additionally, the surgeon receives further information, e.g. CT-data, the virtual model, the position of the instrument and the analysis of injured risk structures. The artificial specimen can be used any time, in any place and without any effort. Worldwide PHACON trainers and artificial specimen are in use as an effective supplement or alternative to human specimen. In surgical training courses, on fairs and congresses, the trainers are immediately ready for use without special handling or storing. That is what makes them a popular and uncomplicated training unit for hands-on courses and an effective marketing tool (e.g. for manufacturers of medical devices or hearing aids and implants). The assistance and support during the surgical education by the help of simulators is a rising and increasingly trend to train and transfer knowledge of new and complex strategies of surgery.