Demonstration device modelling a living organism
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten ForschungE.V.
InventorPaul-Michael Weinspach
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Abstract
The invention relates to a demonstration device (401) which is a model of a living organism enlarged at least 50 times. Demonstration devices of this type, for example, a model of a person lying down, help explain and show how the biological processes which take place in the living organism are related. The inventive demonstration device (401) has an outer skin. Inside are functional elements representing the organism's organs, vascular system, joints, etc. According to the invention, it is possible to both walk and travel in the demonstration device and its functional elements.
Claims29
A demonstration device modeled after a human being, the demonstration device including an upper torso zone, a head zone, a zone between waist and feet, the head zone and zone between waist and feet being connected by a pathway modeled after vertebrae, and a substructure, an outer skin which surrounds a cavity and which simulates the form of the human being, a first and a second set of elements which simulate at least one of:
- organs, vascular systems, and joints of the depicted human being, the first and second sets of elements arranged in the cavity, the cavity configured to contain at least one pathway for travel by vehicle through the first set of said elements and at least one pathway for travel by foot through the second set of said elements.
The demonstration device according to claim further including support elements for supporting the outer skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.