Frequently asked questions

Your order comes with the Laptitude dock, two scissor controllers, one linear controller, a USB-C cable, and a mobile phone holder. With your software membership, you’ll gain direct access to Laptitude: Curious Cases for the subscription period you select, as well as Skill Drills and Procedures when they’re released.

• Skill Drills: Practice individual procedural steps across a variety of anatomical setups.
• Procedures: Engage in full simulations featuring AI-generated organs with limitless anatomical variations.

We designed Laptitude to be as easy and portable as possible. It works on PCs, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones and is compatible with Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. You can connect the hardware via USB-C or wireless connection (for mobile devices) for a seamless training experience.

Windows:

• Minimum: Windows 10 64-bit (21H1 or newer), 2.4 GHz CPU, 8GB RAM, GPU with support for DirectX 11, Shader Model 3.0, at least 2GB of VRAM.
• Recommended: Windows 11, 3 GHz CPU, 16GB RAM, GPU equivalent to Nvidia GTX 1050/Radeon R9 290 or newer.

Mac:

• Minimum: MacBook Air/Mac Mini from 2019 or newer.
• Recommended MacBook Pro 2020, Mac Mini 2020 or newer.

Android: Samsung Galaxy A33 (Or equivalant or newer)

iOS: Apple iPhone 11 (Or equivalant or newer)

The full User Manual can be found here.

Access your user account here: https://dashboard.laptitude.com/

From the dashboard, you'll be able to view and download all available software.

If you have not received an access email, please contact us at support@laptitude.com

The full product specifications can be found here.

If you’re a medical student, surgical resident, or healthcare professional looking to develop or refine laparoscopic skills, Laptitude is for you! Its structured training approach adapts to different experience levels, making it suitable for beginners and advanced practitioners alike.

Absolutely! Laptitude is built for flexibility, so you can practice anytime, anywhere, even at home. The hardware works seamlessly with desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones, giving you a fully portable way to sharpen your laparoscopic skills without relying on lab access.

Laptitude helps you succeed by providing:

• FLS-aligned training – Practice the exact core tasks required for the exam.
• Adaptive difficulty – Challenges adjust to your skill level, ensuring steady progress without frustration.
• Instant feedback – Get real-time guidance to correct mistakes and refine technique as you practice.
• Confidence building – Regular use develops precision, efficiency, and the assurance needed to pass the exam.

Through structured mini-games and adaptive challenges, you'll learn the core laparoscopic skills you’ll need:

• Fundamental techniques – Positioning, grasping, transferring, ligation, dissecting, cutting, and suturing.
• Skill refinement – Build precision, motion efficiency, ambidexterity, hand–eye coordination, and situational awareness.

After learning individual skills, you’ll learn to apply these in isolated procedural steps before you move on to full simulated procedures.

An adaptive simulator tailors challenges to each resident’s skill level, providing targeted practice, instant feedback, and engaging, motivating training. This helps build confidence, precision, and procedural memory, preparing residents more effectively for real surgeries.

Feedback is dynamic and tailored to each training mode:

• Curious Cases – Arcade-style feedback focused on speed and accuracy, with instant cues through haptics and on-screen indicators. Tracks extra movements, instrument collisions, and other basic performance metrics.
• Skill Drills & Procedures – More intensive, procedure-focused feedback with detailed insights on grip pressure, tissue handling, and errors like burned or nicked tissue.
• Progressive precision – As you advance, feedback becomes increasingly detailed, helping you refine technique, improve accuracy, and gain surgical control.

By turning training into an engaging, goal-oriented experience, Laptitude helps you develop surgical skills more effectively:

• Motivation & focus – Gamified challenges keep you committed to regular practice.
• Deliberate repetition – Gameplay design encourages repeated practice of complex laparoscopic tasks.
• Interactive learning – Instant feedback, adaptive difficulty, and progress tracking make training more dynamic than rote drills.
• Skill transfer – Builds precision, confidence, and procedural memory that carry over into real-world surgical performance.

Yes, it uses adaptive difficulty to guide your learning:

• Performance-based progression – Monitors how you’re doing in real time.
• Targeted practice – Repeats exercises when you need to refine your technique.
• Smart advancement – Moves you forward to more challenging stages when you’re ready.

Open orders will begin shipping in late September 2025. Delivery times may vary based on location, but you’ll receive a tracking link once your order is dispatched. We expect our next shipment to arrive in December. Sign up for the wait list to receive early access here.

Yes! We offer bulk (≥ 5 units) purchase options for universities, hospitals, and training centers. Please contact our sales team via sales@grendelmedical.com for pricing, customization, and implementation support details.

Institutional pricing is designed to meet the needs of organizations managing multiple users:

• Multiple accounts & floating licenses – Allows several users to access a single station while maintaining individual profiles.
• Performance tracking – The Skill Center Online Dashboard provides analytics, comparisons, and progress monitoring for residents or cohorts.
• Extended warranty – Accommodates use by multiple users, reflected in institutional pricing.
• Professional version required – Multiple floating licenses and user management are supported only through the professional version via the Dashboard.

A list of known bugs in Skill Drills (beta) can be found here.

To create a service ticket, email support@laptitude.com

A member of our team will get back to you in 1-2 business days.