Patient simulator and associated devices, systems, and methods
Inventors
Rodriguez, Alberto • Fernandez, Victor • Valdes, Yassel • Morales, Lazaro
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Publication Number
US-10818200-B2
Publication Date
2020-10-27
Expiration Date
Abstract
A patient simulator system including a simulated head and a simulated fontanelle. The simulated head includes an endoskeleton skull and a skin layer. The simulated fontanelle is incorporated into the skin layer. The endoskeleton skull includes an indented fontanelle region. A fontanelle fitting and a pulse fitting each extend through the endoskeleton skull adjacent the indented fontanelle region. The simulated fontanelle comprises a fontanelle bladder extending within the indented fontanelle region and a pulse bladder extending adjacent the fontanelle bladder. The fontanelle bladder is operably coupled to the fontanelle fitting and communicates with a simulated respiratory system of the patient simulator system to receive either positive or negative pressure, which produces either a swollen or sunken state in the simulated fontanelle. The pulse bladder is operably coupled to the pulse fitting and communicates with a simulated circulatory system of the patient simulator system to receive a pneumatic or hydraulic pulse.
Core Innovation
A patient simulator system includes a simulated head with an endoskeleton skull and a skin layer. The simulated head includes a simulated fontanelle incorporated into the skin layer and configured to transition between a sunken state and a swollen state.
The endoskeleton skull comprises an indented fontanelle region. The simulated head includes a fontanelle fitting and a pulse fitting, and the fontanelle fitting and the pulse fitting extend through the endoskeleton skull adjacent the indented fontanelle region.
The simulated fontanelle receives either positive pressure or negative pressure from a simulated respiratory system. A pulse bladder adjacent the fontanelle bladder is coupled to a pulse fitting to deliver pneumatic or hydraulic pulses from a simulated circulatory system, enabling production of a swollen state or a sunken state of the simulated fontanelle.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims cover a patient simulator system with a simulated head whose fontanelle transitions between a sunken state and a swollen state, supported by an endoskeleton skull with an indented fontanelle region and by fittings that extend through the skull adjacent that region. The main inventive features are the transition-capable simulated fontanelle and the integration of fontanelle and pulse fittings/bladders for coupling to simulated respiratory and circulatory pressure sources.
Simulated fontanelle incorporated into the skin layer transitioning between sunken and swollen states
A patient simulator system comprising a simulated head including an endoskeleton skull, a skin layer, and a simulated fontanelle incorporated into the skin layer, the simulated fontanelle being configured to transition between a sunken state and a swollen state.
Indented fontanelle region with fontanelle fitting and pulse fitting extending through the endoskeleton skull adjacent the region
A patient simulator system comprising a simulated head including an endoskeleton skull, a skin layer, and a simulated fontanelle incorporated into the skin layer, wherein the endoskeleton skull comprises an indented fontanelle region; wherein the simulated head further comprises a fontanelle fitting and a pulse fitting; and wherein the fontanelle fitting and the pulse fitting each extend through the endoskeleton skull adjacent the indented fontanelle region.
Overall claim coverage centers on a simulated fontanelle in a simulated head that transitions between sunken and swollen states, with an indented fontanelle region in an endoskeleton skull and fittings extending through the skull adjacent that region to enable coupled pressure and pulse interaction in the simulator architecture.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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