Abstract: A portable, folding-laptop style endotrainer including: a base defining a work area for endotraining; a camera for viewing said work area; one or both of i) a display screen for displaying an image from said camera said display screen being attached to said base; and ii) a wireless or wired link coupled to said camera for connecting said camera to a display screen; and a fold-up endotraining dashboard, said endotraining dashboard having at least one portal to enable access of a surgical instrument to said work area; and wherein said endotrainer has two configurations, a first, folded configuration in which said endotrainer is folded substantially flat and a second, operational configuration in which said display screen, if present, is unfolded to a viewing position for an operator of said endotrainer and in which said endotraining dashboard is unfolded such that it is displaced away from said base for endotraining.

Abstract: A portable, folding-laptop style endotrainer including: a base defining a work area for endotraining; a camera for viewing said work area; one or both of i) a display screen for displaying an image from said camera said display screen being attached to said base; and ii) a wireless or wired link coupled to said camera for connecting said camera to a display screen; and a fold-up endotraining dashboard, said endotraining dashboard having at least one portal to enable access of a surgical instrument to said work area; and wherein said endotrainer has two configurations, a first, folded configuration in which said endotrainer is folded substantially flat and a second, operational configuration in which said display screen, if present, is unfolded to a viewing position for an operator of said endotrainer and in which said endotraining dashboard is unfolded such that it is displaced away from said base for endotraining.