Injection training apparatus using 3D position sensor
AssigneeTruinject Corp.
InventorsGabrielle A. Rios, Clark B. Foster
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for an apparatus and method for practicing injection techniques through an injectable apparatus. The injectable apparatus may contain a camera that is configured to provide three-dimensional location information for a testing tool based on light attenuated from the testing tool after it is injected into a simulated human or animal body parts. A training tool may be connected to a user display device to generate a display of the injection apparatus as well as the performance parameters of a trainee.
Claims20
A method of evaluating a testing injection, the method comprising:
- providing an injection apparatus configured to simulate an anatomical shape;
- receiving instructions to simulate a preset patient condition or treatment;
- performing the testing injection on the injection apparatus using a testing tool, the testing injection simulating injecting a medical product for the preset patient condition or treatment, the testing tool comprising a needle tip;
- determining injection information associated with the testing injection using a three-dimensional tracking sensor, the injection information comprising a first three-dimensional needle tip location and a second three-dimensional needle tip location during the testing injection;
- calculating a score of the testing injection based on the injection information for an injector who performed the testing injection;
- determining a separate score or ranking of the injector based on multiple testing injections performed by the injector to simulate injecting the medical product for the preset patient condition or treatment;
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- outputting for display on a display device:
- the separate score or ranking of the injector for injecting the medical product for the preset patient condition or treatment.
A method of evaluating a testing injection, the method comprising:
- providing an injection apparatus configured to simulate an anatomical shape;
- receiving instructions to simulate a preset patient condition or treatment;
- performing the testing injection on the injection apparatus using a testing tool, the testing injection simulating injecting a medical product for the preset patient condition or treatment, the testing tool comprising a needle tip;
- using one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors comprise a three-dimensional tracking sensor:
- measuring first injection information when the needle tip of the testing tool reaches a starting location of the testing injection;
- measuring second injection information when the needle tip of the testing tool reaches an ending location of the testing injection;
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- measuring third injection information when the needle tip of the testing tool is at an intermediate location between the starting location and the ending location of the testing injection;
- evaluate an accuracy of the testing injection for an injector who performed the testing injection based at least in part on a trajectory path of the testing tool connecting the starting location, the intermediate location, and the ending location based on the first injection information, the second injection information, and the third injection information;
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- determining a separate score or ranking of the injector based on multiple testing injections performed by the injector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.