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Chester Chest

We are thrilled to celebrate over 30 years of our very first product, Chester Chest. With a guiding principle of improving patient care with the most realistic models possible, Tom Call, VATA Founder created VATA’s first product—Chester Chest—a molded upper torso for nurses to practice palpating and accessing implanted ports. 30+ years later, Chester Chest is still the industry standard in the teaching of central line care. The latest Chester helps medical professionals simulate accessing the following IVAD placements: normal,...

32 Years of Innovation

Oregon based creator of anatomical healthcare models, VATA, turns 32 this spring! Started in May of 1987 by Tom Call, VATA has since grown from a part time operation in the Call family garage, to a successful, full-fledged business with clients in all 50 states and over 56 countries. VATA Founder Tom Call got his start as a medical sales rep and was inspired by one of the latest products he was representing, an implanted port. As this was...

VATA’S Vascular Access Ultrasound Phantom

Oregon based creator of anatomical healthcare models, VATA, recently launched a revolutionary new product, the Vascular Access Ultrasound Phantom (0705). With the highest quality imaging, VATA’s Vascular Access Ultrasound Phantom provides unmatched training opportunities for successful ultrasound guided vascular accessing. This tool is excellent for beginners and more advanced clinicians as it confirms successful access with visualization of the needle entering the vein and blood return. This extremely life-like product is designed to educate medical staff and further improve patient...

VATA’s Seymour II Wound Care Model

Created by VATA, an Oregon based creator of anatomical healthcare models, the Seymour II Wound Care Model provides the best in wound care practice and education. This realistic molded model is perfect for improving nursing skills and can be used to demonstrate wound cleansing, classification, and staging as well as the measurement of wounds. Additionally, all NPWT devices can be used on the Seymour model. Seymour II is one of VATA’s most popular wound care models and was molded from...

VATA’s Suture Skills Trainer

Oregon based creator of anatomical healthcare models, VATA, recently released the most realistic and complete suture-training model in today’s market. The Suture Skills Trainer (3500) consists of 5 anatomically correct tissue layers—epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous fat, fascia, and muscle—that have the same appearance and suturing properties of real human tissue. Practical and cost effective, this trainer provides an unmatched learning experience. Developed with Dr. Michael Zenn, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Director of the Human Tissue Lab at Duke University, the...