US 11,688,303 B2Granted

Simulated torso for an open surgery simulator

OwnerKit Lavell, Stuart C. Segall +1inventors

InventorsKit Lavell, Stuart C. Segall, Aislinn Brody

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Abstract

The present disclosure pertains to systems, devices, and methods for use in medical simulation and training, providing realistic-looking medical effects. More particularly, the present disclosure pertains to systems, devices, and methods for simulating an open surgery environment, including dynamic features and aspects commonly found in trauma, emergency, and combat events. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a wearable device for simulating wounds and injuries received during a trauma event, and performing associated surgical tasks. Aspects of the present disclosure further relate to a medical training device for Trauma Emergency Casualty Care and Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), including hemorrhage control. Aspects of the present disclosure further relate to an open surgery simulator, which may stand alone or work in combination (e.g., wear) various wound and injury simulators. Aspects of the present disclosure further relate to a simulated torso for an open surgery simulator.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A simulated torso for an open surgery simulator, the simulated torso comprising:

a torso back shell having a concave front, and having a back shaped as at least a portion of a human torso back side;
a muscle backing nested within the torso back shell and configured as a flexible filling to the torso back shell, the muscle backing having a forward facing surface configured to appear as human muscle;
a rib cage module coupled to the torso back shell substantially in front of the muscle backing, the rib cage module including
a sternum base sized and dimension as a human sternum,
at least one support rib section configured to removably couple the rib cage module to the simulated torso, the at least one support rib section affixed to the sternum base,
a flex rib section including at least one rib sized and dimension as a human rib, and
a flex joint affixed to the sternum base and to the flex rib section, the flex joint configured to provide for elastic displacement of the at least one rib of the flex rib section,
an onboard fluid delivery system configured to deliver at least one of a liquid and a gas into and through the simulated torso, the onboard fluid delivery system including a fluid supply system interface configured to fluidly couple with an offboard fluid supply and a fluid channel configured to plumb a fluid into and through the simulated torso;
and
a plumbed spine configured to route and conceal portions of the onboard fluid delivery system within the simulated torso, the plumbed spine having an external shell configured to appear as a human spine anatomically, and formed as a conduit having a central lumen, and a plurality of ports configured to provide access to the central lumen from the outside of the plumbed spine.

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An open surgery simulator comprising:

a simulated torso including
a torso back shell having a concave front, and having a back shaped as at least a portion of a human torso back side,
a muscle backing nested within the torso back shell and configured as a flexible filling to the torso back shell, the muscle backing having a forward facing surface configured to appear as human muscle, and
a rib cage module coupled to the torso back shell substantially in front of the muscle backing, the rib cage module including
a sternum base sized and dimension as a human sternum, and
at least one support rib section configured to removably couple the rib cage module to the simulated torso, the at least one support rib section affixed to the sternum base,
a flex rib section including at least one rib sized and dimension as a human rib,
a flex joint affixed to the sternum base and to the flex rib section, the flex joint configured to provide for elastic displacement of the at least one rib of the flex rib section,
a muscle covering configured visually and tactilely as chest muscles, said muscle affixed to and covering the support rib section and the flex rib section, the muscle covering including
a first access passageway through the muscle covering and between ribs, and
a second access passageway through the muscle covering and between ribs, the second access passageway locate on an opposite side of the articulating rib cage than the first access passageway;
a first prosthetic internal organ module positioned in the torso back shell in front of the muscle backing of the simulated torso, the first prosthetic internal organ module including a plurality of simulated human organs, the first prosthetic internal organ module positioned in a chest cavity between the muscle backing and the rib cage module, and the plurality of simulated human organs of the first prosthetic internal organ module includes at least one of a simulated heart and a simulated lung;
a simulated diaphragm extending between the rib cage module and the muscle backing, below the chest cavity;
a second prosthetic internal organ module positioned in an abdominal cavity in front of the muscle backing and at least partially below simulated diaphragm, the second prosthetic internal organ module including a plurality of simulated human abdominal organs;
and
an onboard fluid delivery system configured to deliver at least one of a liquid and a gas into and through the simulated torso, the onboard fluid delivery system including a fluid supply system interface configured to fluidly couple with an offboard fluid supply and a fluid channel configured to plumb a fluid into and through the simulated torso;
and
a plumbed spine configured to route and conceal portions of the onboard fluid delivery system within the simulated torso, the plumbed spine having an external shell configured to appear as a human spine anatomically, and formed as a conduit having a central lumen, and a plurality of ports configured to provide access to the central lumen from the outside of the plumbed spine.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/846,824Filed 22 Jun 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 30 Jun 2010
Published: US 2022/0020293 A113 Oct 2022
Granted: 27 Jun 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G09B 23/303
Anatomical models: specially adapted to simulate circulation of bodily fluids
G09B 23/28
Models for scientific, medical, or mathematical purposes, e.g. full-sized devices for demonstration purposes: for medicine
G09B 23/30
For medicine: anatomical models
G09B 23/32
Anatomical models: with moving parts

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