{"id":4210,"date":"2015-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7a7df05b52dab8495fdeb023c7d876bd1135a5b7.helpmesee.org\/helpmesee-and-moog-demonstrate-the-eye-surgery-simulator-for-chinese-government-at-the-bill-melinda-gates-foundations-grand-challenge-meetings\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:24:32","slug":"helpmesee-and-moog-demonstrate-the-eye-surgery-simulator-for-chinese-government-at-the-bill-melinda-gates-foundations-grand-challenge-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpmesee.org\/fr\/helpmesee-and-moog-demonstrate-the-eye-surgery-simulator-for-chinese-government-at-the-bill-melinda-gates-foundations-grand-challenge-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"HelpMeSee et Moog font la d\u00e9monstration du simulateur de chirurgie oculaire pour le gouvernement chinois lors des r\u00e9unions Grand Challenge de la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Moog Industrial Group, a division of Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), and its partner HelpMeSee, a global campaign to end cataract blindness, will provide multiple demonstrations of a first-of-its-kind cataract surgery simulator<\/a> in Beijing for representatives from the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) as part of the Grand Challenges annual meeting. Grand Challenges is a group of initiatives led by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Grand Challenges Canada to promote the use of technology to help the world\u2019s poor and solve pressing global health issues. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide, despite the fact that a treatment exists. The HelpMeSee Eye Surgery Simulator is part of a global initiative to train the specialists needed to provide this essential surgical care.<\/p>\n

After representatives from HelpMeSee and Moog demonstrate how cataract specialists can use the state-of-the-art prototype simulator and courseware to train for Chirurgie de la cataracte par petite incision manuelle<\/a> (MSICS), attendees will have an opportunity to try the system. The MSICS simulator can provide trainees with a realistic environment to practice and achieve proficiency in any number of scenarios and will ultimately include more than 249 training tasks and complications that cataract specialists could face during live surgery. Using advanced physics-based virtual tissue models, the simulator produces high fidelity haptic feedback for surgeons and trainees using the system. This level of sensitivity is essential to allow the MSICS trainee to develop the correct psychomotor skills for performing surgery safely. Use of a simulation system also removes the risks and costs associated with practicing on live patients and ensures that trainees begin live surgeries at a level of maximum proficiency.<\/p>\n

HelpMeSee selected Moog based on the manufacturer\u2019s haptic technology and high-performance motion control expertise, as well as the historic relationship between Moog and FlightSafety International to produce Level D flight simulators for aviation training. Moog created the virtual environment in which the cataract specialists will develop mastery of MSICS and worked with its partners, SenseGraphics and InSimo, to develop the advanced graphics and physics-based models behind the system.<\/p>\n

The locations and dates for the demonstrations of the simulator are:<\/p>\n