Methods and apparatus for providing realistic medical training

US8382485B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The General Hospital Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ryan Scott Bardsley · Manchester-by-the-Sea, US
• Mark Ottensmeyer · Cambridge, US
• Joseph T. Samosky · Pittsburgh, US
• Steven L. Dawson · Carlisle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B23/34
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Method and apparatus to provide simulation of a human casualty. In one embodiment an autonomous casualty simulator includes a processing module having a scenario progression controller and a physiological modeling system to receive sensor input and to control effectors. The autonomous casualty simulator can be contained in a nominal human mannequin form.