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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka, JP;
Jmc Corporation, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Keita Okayama, Suita, JP;
Shinsuke Nanto, Suita, JP;
Yasushi Sakata, Suita, JP;
Daichi Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Inada, Yokohama, JP;
Munekuni Sato, Nishitokyo, JP;
OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Suita-Shi, Osaka, JP;
JMC CORPORATION, Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A catheter simulator () of the invention has a container () filled with a liquid; an elastic heart model () installed in a floating state in the liquid with which the container () is filled; and a pump () connected to the heart model (). The pump () is connected to an apex section of the heart model and produces a pulsatile flow from the apex section toward an aorta. Coronary arteries () provided on the surface of a main body (A) of the heart model (), pulsate together with the main body as a result of the pulsatile flow flowing from the pump ().