Medical examination teaching and measurement system
First Claim
1. A system for training and measuring student performance for medical exams using at least one hand of said student for direct human contact with a body or an organ surface, said system comprising:
- a) an anatomical simulator having a simulated body or organ surface wherein at least part of said simulated body or organ surface is directly accessible by manual contact of said at least hand of said student;
b) one or more sensors in said anatomical simulator for generating signals in response to said manual contact with said simulated body or organ surface, wherein said contact represents said medical exam;
c) a feedback presentation unit in communication with said signal from said one or more sensors for providing feedback to said student so as to train said student to perform said medical exam; and
d) a software means to assess said student performance using said signals from said one or more sensors.
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Abstract
A system for teaching students to perform medical exams performed with direct manual contact with a body or organ surface. The system includes the following main parts: an anatomical simulator with a simulated surface, one or more sensors in the anatomical simulator, a feedback presentation unit in communication with the one or more sensors, and a software means to assess the performance of the user based on the sensor information. When manual contact is made with the simulated surface of the simulator, the one or more sensors generate signal(s) in response. Performance of the exam on the simulated surface generates a set of signals from the one or more sensors, which are processed by the data acquisition software and used by the feedback presentation unit to provide feedback for the exam.
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47 Claims
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1. A system for training and measuring student performance for medical exams using at least one hand of said student for direct human contact with a body or an organ surface, said system comprising:
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a) an anatomical simulator having a simulated body or organ surface wherein at least part of said simulated body or organ surface is directly accessible by manual contact of said at least hand of said student;
b) one or more sensors in said anatomical simulator for generating signals in response to said manual contact with said simulated body or organ surface, wherein said contact represents said medical exam;
c) a feedback presentation unit in communication with said signal from said one or more sensors for providing feedback to said student so as to train said student to perform said medical exam; and
d) a software means to assess said student performance using said signals from said one or more sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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34. A method for training and measuring student performance during medical exams involving the use of at least one hand of said student for direct human contact with a body or organ surface, said method comprising:
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a) receiving signals from one or more sensors in or on a simulated body or organ surface of an anatomical simulator wherein said simulated body or organ surface is directly accessible to direct human contact, and said signals are generated in response to a manual contact of at least one hand of said student with said simulated body or organ surface; and
b) providing feedback to said student, wherein said feedback is in part derived from said signals so as to train said student to perform said medical exam.
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