Development and improvements of heart piercing training device

Abstract

In pericardiocentesis, the heart with a cardiac tamponade is punctured from outside the body into the pericardial space.This is a technique to collect and drain pericardial effusion to release pressure on the heart.However, the pericardium and heart are not visible at the time of puncture, and the heart remains beating, so it is necessary to perform puncture with appropriate control of needle insertion without excessive puncture to the myocardium. It is a high technique.The purpose of this study is to develop a pericardial puncture training system that can accurately measure simulated pericardium penetration timing and puncture force and that can be used repeatedly. Pericardial puncture was performed on the simulated pericardium of the beating heart simulator to measure the puncture force.We report the use of the system by one cardiologist and the quantitative evaluation as a training device.