NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
HelpMeSee – a global campaign to eliminate cataract blindness –
proudly shares the work of the Pilotfish design team as they are
awarded the Good Industrial Design Award for 2014 for the HelpMeSee
MSICS (Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery) Proficiency Training
Simulator.
The MSICS Simulator, which is being developed for HelpMeSee by
Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), will be used to train 30,000
cataract surgical specialists in developing countries to
perform the MSICS procedure within two decades. This will enable
them to perform 3 – 5 million high quality cataract surgeries each
year at the most affordable prices, thus eliminating cataract
blindness.
"We are proud of all our partners involved in creating this
cutting-edge and life changing medical technology," said
Mohan Jacob Thazhathu, President
& CEO, HelpMeSee. "The high fidelity simulator technology we
are developing will allow us to train the thousands of specialists
needed to address this global public health crisis."
Inspiring the HelpMeSee campaign is the tragic fact that 20
million people suffer from cataract blindness, even though a proven
treatment already exists. Another 167 million people suffer from
cataract induced visual impairment, most of them living in
developing countries.
HelpMeSee selected Moog to design and produce the high-fidelity
virtual reality MSICS Simulator jointly with SenseGraphics and
InSimo. HelpMeSee selected Moog in 2013 due to its strong
engineering capability and experience designing and building
simulator systems and high level haptic force feedback technology.
Moog Industrial Group, a division of Moog Inc., designs and
manufactures high performance motion control solutions in a range
of industrial applications including simulation systems for pilot,
medical and dental training.
Pilotfish leads the industrial design of the simulator, working
in close collaboration with the Moog and HelpMeSee teams to fully
incorporate all of the surgical, production and user
considerations.
A video preview of a simulator prototype is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL5WB2pxpRw
Global Impact of Cataract Blindness
Cataract
blindness has a range of effects, from creating severe social
burdens for families to placing economic burdens on their
caretakers and communities. Avoidable cataract blindness mostly
affects people living in austere regions under impoverished
circumstances, limiting their access to affordable, high quality
care. Through public healthcare collaborations, dedicated
institutions and active individuals can help achieve a goal that
will impact millions of people around the world.
About HelpMeSee
HelpMeSee (www.HelpMeSee.org) is a
global campaign to eliminate cataract blindness endemic in
developing countries. The HelpMeSee mission is to make
sight-restoring, MSIC surgery available to millions of underserved
people through financial support and the training of thousands of
highly skilled cataract specialists recruited from within their
communities. HelpMeSee has designed and is now producing a virtual
reality surgical simulator and training program to be implemented
worldwide, adapted from extensive experience in simulator based
aviation training.
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