Dynamically-changeable abdominal simulator system
AssigneeSmsrtummy LLC
InventorsWalton Shim, Larry Martin, John Salle
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Abstract
A dynamically-changeable abdominal simulator system comprises a patient manikin having an abdominal cavity covered by a sheet of synthetic skin, a grid array of inflatable cells emplaced within the abdominal cavity covering respectively distinct areas of pressurization of the abdominal cavity and supplied with pressurized medium under separate and independent inflation control in order to simulate a wide range of abdominal ailments and/or conditional expressions thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the inflation cells of the grid array are each made of semi-rigid material for maintaining a fixed cell shape and contain an inflation balloon for pressurizing cell turgidity.
Claims15
A dynamically-changeable abdominal simulator system comprising:
- a patient manikin having an abdominal cavity removably covered by a sheet of synthetic skin;
- a grid array of inflatable cells emplaced within the abdominal cavity covering respectively distinct areas of pressurization over a length and a width of a tactile surface of the abdominal cavity, wherein each inflatable cell is supplied with pressurization from a source of pressurization under separate and independent inflation control;
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- an inflation manifold and an electronic control module operable therewith for controlling pressurization supplied separately and independently to the inflatable cells of the grid array from the source of pressurization in order to simulate a wide range of abdominal ailments and/or conditional expressions for the tactile surface of the abdomen of the patient manikin.
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