# US 2014/0154655 A1 · Dental implant surgical training simulation system

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- Number: US 2014/0154655 A1
- Document ID: US20140154655A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/176,349
- Filed: 2014-02-10
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2009-06-04
- Assignees: Zimmer Dental, Inc.
- Applicants: Zimmer Dental, Inc.
- Inventors: Fred A. Bell; Jeffrey Bassett; Michael Scott Collins
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154655A1

## CPC

- G09B 9/00: Simulators for teaching or training purposes (for the use of weapons F41; computing aspects G06; {protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality H04L67/131})
- G09B 23/28: for medicine
- G09B 23/283: {for dentistry or oral hygiene (G09B23/286 takes precedence)}
- G09B 23/30: Anatomical models {(G09B23/281 - G09B23/288 take precedence)}
- G09B 23/32: with moving parts
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)

## Abstract

A bone implant surgery system is used for simulating a dental surgical procedure having a display that shows placing a simulated bone implant at a simulated implant site on a living body by using a simulated surgical tool holding the simulated bone implant. At least one hand-held haptic device is used to control the surgical tool and at least one controller is specifically configured to cause movement of the surgical tool on the display based on motions of the haptic device and to cause haptic feedback to a user holding the haptic device depending on the position of the surgical tool on the display. A user may then review and evaluate the results of the surgical simulation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for simulating a bone implant surgery comprising:
a display showing a simulated implant site on a virtual living body, a simulated bone implant, a simulated surgical tool, and a toolkit providing at least one tool for the simulated surgical tool;
a hand-held haptic device corresponding to the simulated surgical tool; and
at least one controller communicating with the display and the haptic device and configured to cause movement of the simulated surgical tool on the display based on motions of the haptic device and to cause haptic feedback to a user holding the haptic device depending on positioning of the simulated surgical tool on the display and the at least one tool selected,
wherein the system simulates and displays the placement of the simulated bone implant relative to the simulated implant site.