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US 11,776,428 B1Granted
Systems, models, and methods for simulating surgery on anatomical organs
AssigneeUniversity of Rochester
InventorsJonathan Stone, Ahmed E. Ghazi
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Abstract
The invention provides systems and methods for improved simulation of surgical procedures, using models of anatomical organs. The models comprise models of internal components present in the anatomical organ. The models of the internal components are registered to the position which the internal component occupies in the anatomical organ, and in some embodiments the models of the anatomical organ can lose simulated physiological fluids during simulated surgery.
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A system for simulating surgery on an anatomical organ, said system comprising:
- a) a mold for making a model in the shape of an anatomical organ, said mold having first and second opposing mold walls defining an internal mold cavity therebetween in the shape of said model, said internal mold cavity configured to receive a mold material therein to form said model, said mold including first and second holes formed through first and second opposing mold walls;
- b) a unitary suspension cable having first and second opposite ends removably threaded through and releasably secured at said first and second holes, respectively, with the portion of said suspension cable located between said first and second ends fully traversing and suspended within said internal mold cavity between said first and second holes;
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- c) one or more elements removably mounted at a predetermined location along said portion of said suspension cable within said internal mold cavity,
- wherein said one or more elements when mounted within said internal mold cavity forms one or more respective internal structures or internal voids in the molded model upon release and removal of said unitary suspension cable from said first and second holes.
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