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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2004
David Feygin, Washington, DC (US);
Gerald Higgins, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Chih-hao Ho, Reston, VA (US);
Marjorie Moreau, Arlington, VA (US);
Ned Way, Columbia, MD (US);
David Feygin, Washington, DC (US);
Gerald Higgins, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Chih-Hao Ho, Reston, VA (US);
Marjorie Moreau, Arlington, VA (US);
Ned Way, Columbia, MD (US);
Laerdal Medical Corporation, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Abstract
The illustrative embodiment is a simulation system for practicing vascular-access procedures without using human subjects. The simulator comprises a data-processing system and a haptics device. The haptics device provides the physical interface at which an end effector, which is representative of a medical instrument (e.g., a needle, catheter, etc.), is manipulated with respect to a haptics-device base to simulate instrument insertion. The data-processing system, by exchanging signals with the haptics device, provides a three-dimensional simulation that includes the resistive forces that a medical practitioner would experience if the simulated procedure were an actual procedure that was being performed on a real anatomy (e.g., human arm, etc.). The simulator displays the ongoing simulation and assesses the performance of its user.