%0 Journal Article %A Giovanni Aloisio and Lucio T. De Paolis and Luciana Provenzano and Lucio Colizzi and Gianluca Pantile %D 2007 %J International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 6, 2007 %T HERMES System: a Virtual Reality Simulator for the Angioplasty Intervention Training %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/220 %V 6 %X One of the essential requirements in order to have a realistic surgical simulator is real-time interaction by means of a haptic interface is. In fact, reproducing haptic sensations increases the realism of the simulation. However, the interaction need to be performed in real-time, since a delay between the user action and the system reaction reduces the user immersion. In this paper, we present a prototype of the coronary stent implant simulator developed in the HERMES Project; this system allows real-time interactions with a artery by means of a specific haptic device; thus the user can interactively navigate in a reconstructed artery and force feedback is produced when contact occurs between the artery walls and the medical instruments %P 408 - 413