Inflatable exhibit of a human heart and method
OwnerLauren Hillinventor
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Abstract
An inflatable exhibit of a heart includes an inflatable infrastructure inflatable to a three-dimensional partial representation of the heart at a scale greater than at least, 10:1, but more preferably greater than 20:1, and most preferably, greater than 25:1. The infrastructure includes a cross-sectional plane thereacross. The exhibit further includes a walk-through passageway defined, at least, in part by the inflated infrastructure, and extending through the inflated infrastructure. The cross-sectional plane defines a plane of the passageway.
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An inflatable exhibit of a human heart comprising:
- an inflatable infrastructure inflatable to a three-dimensional partial representation of the human heart at a scale greater than at least, 20:1, the infrastructure including a cross-sectional plane thereacross;
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- a walk-through passageway defined, at least in part, by the inflated infrastructure, and extending through the inflated infrastructure, wherein the cross-section plane defines a plane of the passageway.
An inflatable model of the human heart, the model comprising:
- an inflatable infrastructure inflatable to a three-dimensional partial representation of the human heart at a scale greater than at least, 20:1, the infrastructure including a cross-sectional plane thereacross;
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- a walk-through passageway defined, at least in part, by the inflated infrastructure, and extending through the inflated infrastructure, wherein the cross-section plane defines a plane of the passageway;
- wherein the passageway includes rooms representing each of the right atrium, right ventricle, and the left ventricle, an inflatable wall between the representation of the left and right ventricles, the wall representing the septum and the opening being made in the wall to represent a septal defect, a first curtain representing the tricuspid valve positioned between the right atrium and the right ventricle, and a second curtain representing an aortic valve positioned downstream of the left ventricle;
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- wherein the passageway begins at a representation of the superior vena cava leading into the right atrium, then from the right atrium through the first curtain into the right ventricle, from the right ventricle through the opening into the left ventricle, and from the left ventricle through the second curtain and outward of the inflatable structure via a representation of the aorta.
A method of exhibiting a human heart for educational purposes, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an inflatable infrastructure inflatable to a three-dimensional partial representation of the human heart at a scale greater than at least, 20:1, the infrastructure including a cross-sectional plane thereacross and a walk-through passageway defined, at least in part, by the inflated infrastructure, and extending through the inflated infrastructure, wherein the cross-sectional plan defines a plane of the passageway;
- inflating the infrastructure to erect a three-dimensional inflated model of the heart set upon the cross-sectional plane and a walk-through passageway therethrough;
- directing a visitor into and through the passageway and through the model heart, the passageway being a one-story path that leads the visitors through separate inflated representations of parts of the heart, whereby the visitor enters the right atrium via the superior vena cava, passes through a representation of the tricuspid valve to enter the right ventricle, passes through an opening in the septum to enter the left ventricle from the right ventricle, the opening representing a septal defect, passes from the left ventricle through a representation of the aortic valve into the aorta, and exits the passageway therefrom.
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