Simulated Surgical System, Simulated Vessel, and Methods of Making the Same and Related Components

A method of producing a simulated vascular vessel, the method comprising:

• forming a vascular vessel mold from a soluble polymer, the vascular vessel mold defining an interior void of a vascular vessel for a surgical simulation system;
• applying at least two layers of elastomer around the vascular vessel mold to form a simulated vascular vessel;
• applying a layer of an elastic mesh fabric between a first one and a second one of the at least two layers of elastomer;
• allowing the at least two layers of elastomer to cure to form a wall of the simulated vascular vessel;
• and
• at least partially dissolving the vascular vessel mold to create a passage for liquid in the simulated vascular vessel wherein at least a portion of the soluble polymer remains in the passage as a simulated vascular abnormality.