Anesthetic Injection Training and Testing System
OwnerGregory L. Psaltis, Dayna L. Daytoninventors
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Abstract
An anesthetic injection training and testing system that allows a practitioner to simulate local anesthetic injections. The anesthetic injection training and testing system may operate in a testing mode or practicing mode. A model of a dental patient has locators dispersed within the model to represent deposition sites for anesthetic. A test tool operated by a practitioner is used to simulate an injection. The test tool operates in cooperation with the locators in order to determine the status of the simulated injection. The test tool and locators may use metal detection to determine the status.
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An anesthetic injection training and testing system, comprising:
- a model representing at least a jaw of a dental patient, the model having a plurality of locators, each locator representing a deposition site for injecting a local anesthesia into a dental nerve of the dental patient;
- a test tool for simulating administration of the local anesthesia at one of the deposition sites;
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- a control panel for displaying results from simulating the administration of the local anesthetic, the results being determined using a metal detector and being based on a distance between the test tool and a test locator during the simulation, the test locator being one of the plurality of locators in the model.
A method for simulating administration of a local anesthetic, comprising:
- selecting a mode on a control panel;
- inserting a test tool into a model that represents at least a jaw of a dental patient, the model having a plurality of locators, each locator representing a dental nerve in the patient;
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- activating a control that signals the control panel to display results from the insertion of the test tool into the model, the results being based on metal detection between the test tool and the plurality of locators.
A dental mannequin, comprising:
- a model representing at least a jaw of a dental patient;
- a layer that covers the model to simulate skin of the dental patient;
- a plurality of locators dispersed under the layer, each locator representing a respective deposition site of the dental patient, the locator cooperating with a test tool that simulates administration of a local anesthesia at one of the respective deposition sites, the cooperation of the locator and test tool being based on metal detection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.