A Simulated Blood Vessel For Use In A Trauma Simulator

A simulated blood vessel for use in a trauma simulator, the simulated blood vessel comprising:

• a flexible, resilient body;
• a fluid channel integrally moulded within the body, the fluid channel having first and second ends and a compression zone located lengthwise between the first and second ends that is compressible between an open configuration and a closed configuration in which flow through the fluid channel is blocked;
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• first and second expansion zones located on opposing sides of the compression zone along the second axis, and the expansion zones are regions within the body having a greater compressibility than the rest of the body to enable the compression zone to more easily expand outwardly along the second axis when compressed along the first axis;
• wherein the compression zone has a compression axis arranged transverse to the length of the fluid channel along which a compression force is applied to the fluid channel in use, and the compression zone has a cross sectional shape having a first axis aligned with the compression axis and a second axis arranged transverse to the first axis, and the diameter of the fluid channel along the second axis is greater than diameter along the first axis to enable the fluid channel to be more easily compressed to the closed configuration.