System for advanced physician training and patient specific rehearsals

A surgical training and rehearsal system comprising:

• at least one valve;
• at least one pump fluidically coupled with the at least one valve;
• a tank for storing a fluid, the tank fluidically coupled with the at least one valve;
• a heater adjacent the tank, said heater configured to heat the fluid stored in the tank;
• at least one surgical approach tube having a proximal end sealingly covered by self-healing elastomeric membrane, the surgical approach tube being fluidically coupled with the at least one valve, the tank, and the at least one pump;
• an outflow port fluidically coupled with a distal end of the surgical approach;
• an anatomical cartridge fluidically coupled with the outflow port, the anatomical cartridge comprising at least one tortuous path whose shape, size and mechanical properties mimic those of a portion of a human circulatory system selected from the group consisting of aorta, peripheral arteries along the aorta, and hypogastric arteries;
• a mat;
• a housing removably attached to the mat, the housing enclosing one or more of the at least one valve, the at least one pump, the tank and the heater;
• and
• a return line fluidically coupling the anatomic cartridge with the housing, the return line at least partially embedded within the mat.