Injection site training system
AssigneeTruinjet Corp.
InventorsClark B. Foster, Gabrielle A. Rios, Bruce A. Christie, Khoi Turner
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Abstract
An injection apparatus and training system for prophylactic, curative, therapeutic, acupuncture, or cosmetic injection training and certification. In an embodiment, an injection training system is described that includes a testing tool having a needle and a position sensor, where the position sensor is configured to obtain position information of the testing tool. The system also includes an injection apparatus configured to receive a simulated injection by the testing tool. The system includes a display device configured to receive the position information and to display position data reflective of the position information.
Claims21
An injection system, the system comprising:
- a syringe having a syringe body and a plunger, the plunger configured to move relative to the syringe body, the syringe body comprising a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end and an internal barrel cavity between the proximal and distal ends, a flange portion disposed at or near the proximal end, and a needle coupling portion disposed at or near the distal end, the needle coupling portion configured to be coupled to a needle;
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- one or more sensors configured to measure injection information about an injection procedure performed using the injection system, the one or more sensors comprising a plunger shaft displacement sensor configured to measure positional displacement of a shaft of the plunger,
- wherein the one or more sensors are coupled to a portion of the syringe that is outside the internal barrel cavity so that the internal barrel cavity is available to hold a volume of a therapeutic agent, the syringe configured to deliver the therapeutic agent through the needle.
A method of improving injection training using a processor of an injection system, the injection system further comprising a syringe configured to perform an injection, the method comprising:
- receiving sensor outputs from one or more sensors coupled to the syringe, the syringe comprising a syringe body including a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end and an internal barrel cavity between the proximal and distal ends, a flange portion disposed at or near the proximal end, and a needle coupling portion disposed at or near the distal end, the needle coupling portion configured to be coupled to a needle, the syringe further comprising a plunger, the plunger configured to move relative to the syringe body, wherein the one or more sensors are coupled to a portion of the syringe that is outside the internal barrel cavity so that the internal barrel cavity is available to hold a volume of a therapeutic agent, the syringe configured to deliver the therapeutic agent through the needle;
- determining, based at least in part on the sensor outputs, injection information about an injection procedure performed using the injection system, wherein the injection information comprises a displacement of a shaft of the plunger;
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- outputting the injection information, through wireless electrical communications, to a display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.