Press Releases

Mentice releases five new cardiovascular and endovascular procedural training modules for its line of VIST medical simulators

May 02, 2013 12:31 EDT Mentice AB Mentice, the world leader in medical cardiovascular and endovascular simulation, today announced the official release of a full hand of innovative training modules for its line of VIST medical simulators.

Mentice one of the Swedish networking companies at SymbioCare in Barcelona

Apr 02, 2013 03:41 EDT Mentice AB The SymbioCare concept is founded on a four core values designed to achieve a fully functional, effective and innovative healthcare system. These are generosity, curiosity, efficiency and quality.

Mentice and UKETS release simulation logbook app for medical training

Mar 25, 2013 14:59 EDT Mentice AB Could an iPhone app improve the process and experience of endovascular simulation? We believe it can, that’s why we created the “UKETS Logbook” app together with Mentice.

Endovascular simulation remains an exciting and evolving field

Feb 25, 2013 08:57 EST Mentice AB As co-founders of UKETS (www.ukets.org), this blog entry highlights our experiences over the past 12 months. Endovascular simulation remains an exciting and evolving field yet its implementation globally is highly varied. We hope this blog encourages dialogue internationally on the needs of early stage endovascular practitioners and how simulation can more effectively be integrated into training.

A look back at healthcare and simulation in 2012

Dec 21, 2012 08:43 EST Mentice AB Most analyst expectations for 2012 were highly pessimistic and we can now conclude that the actual development during the year turned out better than expected. In the health care arena, a couple of things, mainly in the United States, stood out.

Man - Machine: Assessment of human performance?

Dec 06, 2012 07:56 EST Mentice AB What specific knowledge, skills and attitudes does the endovascular expert operator possess? And, which stages do novice candidates have to pass through on their way to proficiency?

The hospital “Pit Crew”

Oct 24, 2012 09:25 EDT Mentice AB "One of the intentions with this blog entry, is to highlight the importance of more clearly separating the necessity of basic training during education from the requirement to expect structure and continuous training for the duration of an individual’s career."

Pie Medical Imaging first out to join Mentice’s Case-It certification program:  “Segmentation to Simulation” simplifies patient-specific simulation

Sep 04, 2012 04:00 EDT Mentice AB Mentice, world leader in medical cardiovascular and endovascular simulation, today announced that Pie Medical Imaging will be the first company to join its VIST® Case-It “Segmentation to Simulation” certification program.

This year, again, the CIRSE organizers are using Mentice's medical simulators in Lisbon 15-19 September

Aug 20, 2012 08:02 EDT Mentice AB Mentice at CIRSE 2012 in Lisbon - Portugal, 15-19 September. Mentice has a long history of partnership with CIRSE. This year, again, the CIRSE organizers are running advanced interventional training sessions covering a wide spectrum of topics, using Mentice’s state of the art medical simulators.

Technology in medicine opens the door for simulation training

Aug 06, 2012 20:19 EDT Mentice AB This week our Director of Corporate Strategy, Edward Fält, writes about the positive and negative effects of introducing more advanced medical equipment in the operating rooms, and how simulation technology can be used to avoid mistakes.