Release 1.5
November 10th, 2022
New Mastery Lessons
This release of SIMVANA includes 10 new mastery lessons covering Uptake & Distribution of Inhaled anesthetics.
Topics include:
- Alveolar Concentration and Ventilation
- Blood-Gas Partition Coefficient
- Inspired Concentration
- Overpressurization
- Tissue Uptake
This set of 10 lessons is the first release of several that cover Inhaled Anesthetics. Future releases will come monthly starting in December, through early 2023.
Patient Physiology Panel
The patient physiology panel can be found in mastery lessons. This panel displays real-time metrics of the patient's physiology that are typically difficult if not impossible to measure in a real-world operating room.
Spontaneous Breathing
Students can learn to properly learn to assist ventilation with a spontaneously breathing patient. Patients will accurately respond to mistimed breathing bag interactions.
Spontaneous breathing is available in mastery lessons and in a dedicated new free-play scenario.
These metrics give students insight into how a patient’s physiology responds to their actions. Resulting in a better understanding of both what to do and why.
Other Updates
In addition to the new content and features listed above, this version of SIMVANA brings many bug fixes and minor quality-of-life improvements for users.
Limits on Patient Vitals - A scenario will end if the patient's vitals exceed safe limits
Enhanced user progression logging - SIMVANA will capture more detailed logs of user activity. Logs and user metrics will be viewable at portal.simvana.com mid-2023.
Performance improvements - Several improvements have been made to SIMVANA's rendering system to run more efficiently on all customer hardware.
Release 1.4
July 6th, 2022
Instructor Camera
VR users now have more control when displaying SIMVANA on a TV. Users can position a camera in the OR so viewers have a better point of view when watching on a TV. Check out this video for more details:
Vaporizer Refill
Vaporizers on the machine can now be refilled. Watch this video to see it in action:
Patient Monitor updates
The patient monitor has had a few bug fixes and additions for this release.
- The monitor now displays inspiratory and expiratory % for both vaporizers at all times
- The monitor now correctly calculates and displays inspiratory and expiratory percentages.
Reporting Portal (beta)
Users can now visit portal.simvana.com to view their progress in SIMVANA. Instructors can also view the progress of their students. This feature is in beta right now, so it may be a little rough around the edges. If you have any feedback on this feature, email us at info@simvana.com
Framework update
SIMVANA's internal framework received a big update for this release. There aren't any user facing changes with this framework update. However, the update gives our developers access to the latest features of the framework, and resolves some internal bugs that were present in older versions.
Release 1.3
April 18th, 2022
New Mastery Lesson Content
Release 1.3 now has mastery lessons for Machine Basics 1 - 3. The content covers the basics of anesthesia machine usage:
Machine Basics 1
- CO2 Absorber
- Electrical System
- Cylinder Gas Supply
- Pipeline Gas Supply
- Machine Basics 1 Mastery Challenge
Machine Basics 2
- Gas Delivery System
- Circle System Components
- Vaporizers
- Scavenging System
- Machine Basics 2 Mastery Challenge
Machine Basics 3
- Monitors & Resuscitation Equipment
- Oxygen Sensor Calibration
- Low Pressure Leak Test
- Positive Pressure Check
- Alarm Settings
- Ventilation System & Valve Check
- Machine Basics 3 Mastery Challenge
User Preference and Progression Tracking
User preferences and progression through learning content are now saved to the cloud. Data is saved and loaded between sessions, and can be synced between multiple computers.
Notable Bug Fixes
- MTP-4193 - Locomotion tutorials persist beyond menu level
- MTP-4190 - Vent Monitor PEEP does not affect circuit pressure
- MTP-4120 - Vaporizer fill caps do not stop at appropriate point when screwing them in
- MTP-3869 - CO2 value on patient monitor is not displayed in mmHg units
- MTP-3670 - Machine Checkout scenario can not be completed
Release 1.2
March 22nd, 2022
Mastery Lesson Content
Release 1.2 contains our first batch of mastery lesson content "Machine Basics 1".
Machine Basics 1
- CO2 Absorber
- Electrical System
- Cylinder Gas Supply
- Pipeline Gas Supply
- Machine Basics 1 Mastery Challenge
Per User Licensing
SIMVANA has shifted from a hardware licensing to a user licensing model. This allows customers more freedom on where they install and use SIMVANA. Licensed users can login to any computer with SIMVANA installed and use it.
Cloud based lesson delivery
SIMVANA's learning content is now delivered from the cloud. New learning content can be added and used immediately without updating the software.
Updated onboarding and tutorials
Users can now get help when interacting with objects with a push of a button. When a user places their hand on an object and presses the A or X button, SIMVANA will walk them through a short tutorial on how to interact with the component.
Operating Room visual update
The visuals within the operating room have been overhauled to make things easier to see in VR. Some notable changes include:
- An updated patient monitor and vent monitor user interface
- Proper covers for patient
- Updated lighting
Release 1.1 (beta)
June 17th, 2021
This release focuses on improving the user experience of existing SIMVANA functionality. Feedback from our beta customers have brought to light some features and interactions that needed some refinement to make them easier to use for users new to SIMVANA. In addition to UX improvements, we have made some behind the scenes changes that set the groundwork for the upcoming Learning Labs feature.
New Features
- Improved Objective list on Tablet UI
- Refined hint icon rendering
- Fewer steps to get from launch to learning content
- Upgraded Unreal Engine to 4.26