Human anatomic models for use in surgical simulation having synthetic tissue planes

A surgical eye model assembly for use with a base frame in a surgical eye model for simulating eye surgery using surgical tools, the base frame defining an ocular cavity receiving the surgical model therein such that the surgical model is readily releasable from the base frame, the model comprising:

• a surgical body formed of material which can be readily cut using the surgical tools, the surgical body defining a central axis extending from a rear mounting side to a front side which is generally semicircular about the central axis so as to be representative of an ocular globe;
• the surgical body comprising:
• a core member representative of a sclera;
• and
• a plurality of muscular strands formed of resilient material which are elongate between opposing first and second ends which are mounted in fixed relation to the core member such that an intermediate portion of each muscular strand is uncoupled relative to the core member and extends under tension partway about a circumference of the core member.

A surgical eye model assembly for use with a base frame in a surgical eye model for simulating eye surgery using surgical tools, the base frame defining an ocular cavity receiving the surgical model therein such that the surgical model is readily releasable from the base frame, the model comprising:

• a surgical body formed of material which can be readily cut using the surgical tools, the surgical body defining a central axis extending from a rear mounting side to a front side which is generally semicircular about the central axis so as to be representative of an ocular globe;
• the surgical body comprising:
• a core member representative of a sclera;
• a plurality of muscular strands supported on the core member at circumferentially spaced apart positions about the central axis of the body;
• and
• a conjunctiva sheet spanning over the core member and the muscular strands between the front and rear sides of the body;
• the conjunctiva sheet being fixedly coupled at a central location on the sheet to the core member at the front side of the body and being fixedly coupled in relation to the core member at the rear side of the body;
• the conjunctiva sheet including an intermediate portion between the front and rear sides which spans over the muscular strands and which is supported in an uncoupled and floating relationship relative to the core member and the muscular strands.