Method and system for customizing training of a user to perform percutaneous coronary interventions

A system for training a healthcare professional to perform a percutaneous coronary intervention, the system comprising:

• a patient simulator configured for receiving a portion of an elongated instrument therein and applying a haptic feedback on the received portion of the elongated instrument;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to a memory, the processing unit being configured for:
• allowing a trainer to define a position of a lesion and a value for at least one property of the lesion;
• configuring the haptic feedback based on the position and properties of the lesion;
• and
• generating an electrocardiogram (ECG) graph and providing the ECG graph for display;
• wherein said generating the ECG graph comprises accessing a database comprising a plurality of predefined ECG graphs each having associated thereto a respective first lesion position and at least one respective first property value and selecting the ECG graph amongst the plurality of predefined ECG graphs based on the defined position and the defined value.

A computer-implemented method for training a healthcare professional to perform a percutaneous coronary intervention using an elongated instrument and a patient simulator, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• independently receiving:
• a selection of a desired position and a desired physical attribute for a first lesion;
• and
• a selection of a desired position and a desired physical attribute for a second lesion;
• processing a detected position and motion of the elongated instrument within the patient simulator and the selected position and physical attribute of each of the first and second lesion, to determine properties of a haptic feedback;
• and
• providing control signals causing the patient simulator to mechanically impart to the elongated instrument the haptic feedback having the determined properties;
• and
• generating an electrocardiogram (ECG) graph and providing the ECG graph for display, wherein said generating the ECG graph comprises accessing a database comprising a plurality of predefined ECG graphs each having associated thereto a respective first position and a respective first physical attribute for the first lesion and the second lesion and selecting the ECG graph amongst the plurality of predefined ECG graphs based on the desired position and the desired physical attribute for the first lesion and the second lesion.

A system for training a healthcare professional to perform a percutaneous coronary intervention using an elongated instrument and a patient simulator, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory storage medium operatively connected to the processor, the non-transitory storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions;
• the processor, upon executing the computer-readable instructions, being configured for:
• independently receiving:
• a selection of a desired position and a desired physical attribute for a first lesion;
• and
• a selection of a desired position and a desired physical attribute for a second lesion;
• processing a detected position and motion of the elongated instrument within the patient simulator and the selected position and physical attribute of each of the first and second lesion, to determine properties of a haptic feedback;
• providing control signals causing the patient simulator to mechanically impart to the elongated instrument the haptic feedback having the determined properties;
• and
• generating an electrocardiogram (ECG) graph and providing the ECG graph for display, wherein said generating the ECG graph comprises accessing a database comprising a plurality of predefined ECG graphs each having associated thereto a respective first position and a respective first physical attribute for the first lesion and the second lesion and selecting the ECG graph amongst the plurality of predefined ECG graphs based on the desired position and the desired physical attribute for the first lesion and the second lesion.