TissueDB/Materials/Plastic bottle

An empty clear plastic drinks bottle, beside the small blank it is blown from.
License: CC-BY-3.0 by Nicole Gordine

A plastic bottle is a moulded drinks container, reused or cut into sections, and the two builds that use one use it for opposite reasons: one uses its shape, cut into a funnel and neck, and the other its volume, as a fluid reservoir. In the Duboureau build the assembled bottle is kept between learners and only the gloves are replaced, so one bottle serves many sessions.

Tissues

Tissue	Visual	Tactile	Simulator	Notes
Inguinal canal			Pediatric Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Simulator (Duboureau)	The top of the bottle, cut 7 cm below the neck, inverted to form a funnel and tilted so that its axis matches the orientation of the inguinal canal relative to the abdominal wall. The source specifies a bottle of volume greater than one litre.
Internal inguinal ring			Pediatric Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Simulator (Duboureau)	The neck of the same bottle, with the cap and the plastic ring beneath it removed. The neck calibre was selected because it mimicked the infant's internal inguinal ring; smaller bottles were tested and rejected because the mouth size did not resemble the infant's anatomy. The peritoneum is closed with an intracorporeal knot at this neck.