UHN Educational Tool Licensed to Edwards Lifesciences

UHN has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Edwards Lifesciences regarding stand-alone and web-based simulations developed by the Perioperative Interactive Education (PIE) team in the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management at the Toronto General Hospital. The agreement, licensed through the Technology Development and Commercialization Office at UHN, allows for a modified version of the Perioperative Patient Simulation software to be used for demonstrating the features and functions of Edwards Lifesciences cardiovascular monitoring devices.

Led by TGRI Scientific Associate Dr. Gordon Tait, the PIE team’s Perioperative Patient Simulation is a program that allows clinicians and trainees the opportunity to practice the interventions necessary to achieve hemodynamic stabilization of intraoperative and postoperative patients in critical care. The software provides models of circulation that simulate bleeding, cardiogenic shock and septic shock, demonstrating the value of measuring continuous cardiac output, stroke volume variation, mixed venous oxygen saturation and other variables in treating hemodynamically unstable patients. The simulated patient models create a powerful educational tool that allows for a potentially unlimited number of cases for study by medical practitioners.