Dual channel medical simulator

• Main Authors: Driscoll, Christopher, Flamand, Jean-Sebastien, Villeneuve, Philippe, Mallaci, Giuseppe
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.11.2022
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; ELECTROTHERAPY; GLOBES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; RADIATION THERAPY; SEALS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

An apparatus for simulating an insertion of an elongated instrument into a subject, comprising: a frame extending between two end walls along a first axis and two lateral walls along a second axis, one of the two end walls being provided with an insertion aperture and one of the two lateral walls being provided an insertion hole, the insertion aperture defining a first passageway and the insertion hole defining a second passageway, the first and second passageways intersecting each other at an intersection point; and a sensing unit contained within the frame and configured for measuring at least one of a displacement of the elongated member and a rotation of the elongated member, the sensing unit being positioned adjacent to the intersection point for performing the measurement of the at least one of the displacement and the rotation at the intersection point.