Functional and anatomical delivery simulator

US7651332B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
• INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES DE LYON · FR
• Les Hospices Civils de Lyon · FR

Inventors

• Olivier Dupuis · Tourcoing, FR
• Maurice Betemps · Villeurbanne, FR
• Georges Delhomme · Val-de-Reuil, FR
• Andre Dittmar · Val-de-Reuil, FR
• Herve Redarce · Val-de-Reuil, FR
• Ruimark Creazzola Silveira · Villeurbanne, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B23/281
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A delivery simulator may include a fetal system comprising at least a fetal head. The fetal system may be configured to simulate the behavior of at least one part of a fetus, a maternal system configured to simulate the behavior of at least one part of a mother's body interacting with the fetus, and a device for establishing the position of at least one point of the fetal head. The device may include at least one marker element positioned on the fetal head, and at least one fixed element linked to said marker element and placed at a distance from the fetal head.