Prosthetic internal organ module
AssigneeStrategic Operations, Inc.
InventorsStuart C. Segall, Kit Lavell, Aislinn Brody
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Abstract
A wearable device for simulating wounds and injuries received during a trauma event includes a raiment and vest for covering the torso of a person. The raiment has an outer surface with a color and a texture comparable to human skin. Mounted on the outer surface is at least one wound simulator formed with an orifice that is in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir. Thus, the person can selectively expel a blood-like fluid from the reservoir, and through the wound simulator orifice, to simulate a trauma event. The vest includes an artificial rib cage and prosthetic internal organs juxtaposed with at least one wound simulator to simulate internal effects of a trauma event.
Claims20
A prosthetic internal organ module for a surgery simulator, the prosthetic internal organ module comprising:
- a prosthetic organ platform;
- a plurality of prosthetic internal organs attached to the prosthetic organ platform in an anatomically correct arrangement;
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- an anterior cover made of membrane-like material, said anterior cover positioned over the plurality of prosthetic simulated organs, and attached to the organ platform such that the plurality of prosthetic simulated organs are packaged together between the module frame and the anterior cover.
A package for open surgery training, the package comprising:
- a plurality of prosthetic internal organs;
- a fluid delivery system including an exposed inlet, an outlet, and at least one fluid channel between the exposed inlet and the outlet, said fluid delivery system configured to plumb a simulated blood from the exposed inlet to the outlet;
- a module frame including a base and a center frame, the base configured to anchor the plurality of prosthetic internal organs in an anatomically correct arrangement, the center frame configured to route the fluid delivery system to a simulated bleeding location;
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- an anterior cover made of membrane-like material, said anterior cover positioned over the plurality of prosthetic simulated organs, and attached to the module frame such that the plurality of prosthetic simulated organs are packaged together between the module frame and the anterior cover.
An advanced surgical skills package comprising:
- a plurality of prosthetic internal organs;
- a fluid delivery system including an exposed inlet, an outlet, and at least one fluid channel between the exposed inlet and the outlet, said fluid delivery system configured to plumb a simulated blood from the exposed inlet to the outlet;
- a module frame including a base and a center frame, the base configured to anchor the plurality of prosthetic internal organs in an anatomically correct arrangement, the center frame configured to route the fluid delivery system to a simulated bleeding location;
- an anterior cover made of membrane-like material, said anterior cover positioned over the plurality of prosthetic simulated organs, and attached to the module frame such that the plurality of prosthetic simulated organs are packaged together between the module frame and the anterior cover;
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- a prosthetic omentum;
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- wherein the anterior cover includes a manually pliant first elastomer sheet configured to substantially enclose the prosthetic simulated organs against the base of the module frame;
- wherein the plurality of prosthetic simulated organs includes a prosthetic simulated liver having a body formed with a simulated bleeding injury, an orifice attached to said simulated bleeding injury, the prosthetic simulated liver attached to the fluid delivery system forming an open fluid path for the simulated blood to bleed out of orifice attached to the simulated bleeding injury upon delivery of the simulated blood via the fluid delivery system;
- wherein the plurality of prosthetic internal organs further includes a prosthetic gastrointestinal tract, said prosthetic gastrointestinal tract including an internal cavity configured to hold a simulated bodily fluid, and a valve in fluid communication with the internal cavity, the valve configured to provide for filling and sealing the simulated bodily fluid within the internal cavity of the prosthetic gastrointestinal tract;
- wherein the anterior cover further includes a prosthetic peritoneum configured to cover the prosthetic simulated liver and to substantially cover the prosthetic gastrointestinal tract;
- wherein the a prosthetic omentum is attached to the prosthetic gastrointestinal tract and positioned between the prosthetic gastrointestinal tract and the prosthetic peritoneum;
- wherein the base of the module frame includes a second elastomeric sheet, said second elastomeric sheet being thicker that the first elastomeric sheet;
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- wherein the first elastomeric sheet of the anterior cover is attached to the second elastomeric sheet of the base via an adhesive bond about a shared periphery of both the first elastomeric sheet and the second elastomeric sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.