Osso VR Partners with Sawbones for Anatomical Medical Training

Osso VR is partnering with Sawbones, the originator of“hands-on” orthopaedic and medical workshop models. Together, they’redigitizing Sawbones’ traditional bone models to expand and diversify theproducts’ application, enabling the models to be used repeatedly and withoutbarriers in the virtual environment.

Sawbones’ orthopaedic bones are designed to be cut, drilled,tapped, or gouged with standard hand or powered instruments, and can be usedfor different exercises. The ability to mold and mass-produce specificpathologies makes them ideal for large-scale surgical skills courses.

Osso VR’s scientifically validated training platform isdesigned for surgeons, sales teams and other trainees to address complexitiesin learning common procedures and how to use new medical devices by providingrealistic, haptic-enhanced interactions in an immersive training environment. Inaddition, Osso VR’s technology offers objective assessment of technical skillby providing an analytics platform.

“As an orthopaedic surgeon, I’ve used Sawbones’ products formany years. It is a foundational element for orthopedic training and we sharesimilar missions to improve and standardize education in order to optimizepatient safety,” said Justin Barad, MD, CEO and co-founder of Osso VR. “Workingtogether, we are able to take the traditional training paradigm to the nextlevel by providing automated guidance, assessment, repeatability andportability.”