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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Applicant:
Dwight Meglan, Westwood, MA (US);
Inventor:
Dwight Meglan, Westwood, MA (US);
Assignee:
SimQuest LLC, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 23/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 23/283 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45117 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40619 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method and device for simulating a medical procedure include a haptic mechanism controllable to provide feedback to a user manipulating a medical device. In an embodiment, a pair of three degree of freedom haptic devices are coupled to provide six degree of freedom measurement and force/moment feedback to the user. The six degree of freedom haptic device may be configured to provide different resolutions for different degrees of freedom, depending on simulation requirements. In an embodiment, a load cell is used to provide higher resolution in a dimension determined to be of greater criticality to realistic simulation.