Surgical training apparatus, methods and systems
AssigneeSimulated Inanimate Models, LLC
InventorsJonathan Stone, Steven Griffith, Nelson N. Stone
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Abstract
Surgical training apparatus, methods and systems which allow surgical trainees to practice surgical skills on anatomical models in a realistic manner with an augmented reality headset and delivery of targeted surgical coursework curriculum correlated to the actions of the trainee as sensed by sensors in or adjacent the model to help the trainee develop proper surgical technique and decision making.
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A surgical training system, comprising:
- a) a model of an anatomical part of a human or animal, said model having one or more cues;
- b) a cue receiver operable to receive one or more cues from said model, said cue receiver being operable to generate a signal in response to receiving a cue;
- c) a computer processor operable to receive signals from said cue receiver;
- e) a computer database having surgical training curriculum having one or more individual surgical subject matter components stored therein;
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- f) a software program running on said computer processor and connected to said database, said software program operable to correlate said one or more received signals to said one or more individual surgical subject matter components, said software program being further operable to provide as an output the individual surgical subject matter component which is correlated to a received signal.
A surgical training system, comprising:
- a) a model of an anatomical part of a human or animal;
- b) one or more sensors attached to said model, said one or more sensors operable to emit a signal in response to receiving an activation input;
- c) a computer processor operable to receive signals from said one or more sensors;
- e) a computer database having curriculum content including a plurality of surgical training lessons stored therein;
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- f) a software program running on said computer processor and connected to said database, said software program operable to correlate said one or more received sensor signals to said plurality of surgical training lessons, said software program being further operable to provide as an output one or more of said plurality of lessons which is correlated to a received signal.
A method for performing a simulated surgical training session on a simulated anatomical model of an animal or human, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a simulated anatomical model of an animal or human;
- b) providing a computer connected to a database with educational curriculum correlated to said simulated anatomical model;
- c) providing one or more cue receivers operable to send signals to said computer;
- d) providing software on said computer, said software programmed with one or more surgical training session modules correlated to said anatomical model, said software programmed to access said database and provide as a human perceptible output said educational curriculum in response to receiving a signal from said cue receiver.
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