Catheterization procedure training apparatus

A catheterization procedure training apparatus that is operable to facilitate the execution of catheterization training wherein the training is inclusive of interventional devices comprising:

• a tubing network, said tubing network including a plurality of tubes, said plurality of tubes configured and formed to simulate the size and shape of at least a portion of the blood vessels within a human circulatory system, said plurality of tubes being fluidly coupled, said tubing network further including at plurality of openings;
• a chamber, said chamber configured to simulate a human heart, said chamber having a first end and a second end, said chamber being fluidly coupled with said tubing network, said chamber further having an exit port formed in the second end thereof;
• a union, said union being operably secured to said at least one opening of said tubing network, said union being cylindrical in shape have a first end and a second end, said union having an opening at said first end and said second end, said union having a hollow passage extending therethrough, said union further including a coupling formed on the second end thereof;
• an exchangeable insertion point adapter, said exchangeable insertion point adapter being operably secured to said union, said exchangeable insertion point adapter having body, said body of the exchangeable insertion point adapter further including a stem portion, said stem portion having a first end and a second end, said stem portion being tapered in shape, said body of the exchangeable insertion point adapter further including a top portion and a wall portion being integrally formed with said stem portion, said top portion being proximate said second end of said stem portion, said stem portion being longitudinally central within the exchangeable insertion point adapter.

A fluid-filled catheterization procedure training apparatus that is operable to facilitate the execution of catheterization training wherein the training is inclusive of interventional devices comprising:

• a tubing network, said tubing network including a plurality of tubes, said plurality of tubes configured and formed to simulate the size and shape of at least a portion of the arterial blood vessels within a human circulatory system, said plurality of tubes being fluidly coupled, said tubing network further including at plurality of openings;
• a chamber, said chamber configured to simulate a left ventricle of a human heart, said chamber having a first end and a second end, said chamber being fluidly coupled with said tubing network, said chamber further having an exit port formed in the second end thereof;
• a union, said union being operably secured to said at least one opening of said tubing network, said union being cylindrical in shape have a first end and a second end, said union having an opening at said first end and said second end, said union having a hollow passage extending therethrough, said union further including a coupling formed on the second end thereof, said coupling of said union further including a lip, said lip being circumferentially formed around said coupling;
• an exchangeable insertion point adapter, said exchangeable insertion point adapter being operably secured to said union, said exchangeable insertion point adapter having body, said body of the exchangeable insertion point adapter further including a stem portion, said stem portion having a first end and a second end, said stem portion being tapered in shape, stem portion further includes a plurality of ribs, said plurality of ribs extending outward therefrom, said plurality of ribs being proximate said first end, said plurality of ribs operable to provide securing of the stem portion within the hollow passage of the union, said body of the exchangeable insertion point adapter further including a top portion and a wall portion being integrally formed with the second end of said stem portion, said top portion being proximate said second end of said stem portion, said stem portion being longitudinally central within the exchangeable insertion point adapter.