Immersion Medical Adds Knot Tying and Suturing to LaparoscopyVR(TM) Surgical Simulator

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMR), a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology (http://www.immersion.com/corporate/), announces that Immersion Medical is adding a module that includes Suturing and Knot Tying procedures and Needle Orientation and Driving skills for the LaparoscopyVR™ (LapVR™) surgical simulator (http://www.immersion.com/medical/products/laparoscopy/). Immersion Medical will be demonstrating the new module in booth 125 at the annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) in Philadelphia, April 9–12.