Medical simulation computer system

• US 20070111174A1
• Filed: 12/17/2004
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College (Louisiana State University System)
• Original Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College (Louisiana State University System)
• Inventors: Kozmenko, Valeriy, Hilton, Charles
• Granted Patent: US 8,393,905 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

The invention is a medical simulation system having a system computer, at least one output display device, at least one input device an instructor terminal and a mannequin. The invention includes scenarios that execute on the computer system and output simulated physiological values to the display devices. The invention includes a means to communicate between multiple executing scenarios to allow integration of the executing scenarios. The invention includes a control panel interface displayable on the instructor terminal to provide a user friendly input means for the instructor.

Claims

1. In a medical simulation system comprising a system computer, at least one output display device, at least one input device;

said system computer system communicating with said input and output devices, said system having stored thereon a series of scenarios, certain of said series of scenarios adapted to set or modify physiological parameters of a simulated patient specified for display on certain of said output display devices, a method of communicating between multiple scenarios while executing on said system computer, said method comprising the steps of;

(a) modifying the value of a Linking Variable in a first scenario of said series of executing scenarios

(b) detecting said modified Linking Variable value in a second scenario of said series of executing scenarios;

(c) taking an action in said second scenario based upon said modified value of said Linking Variable.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said Linking Variable is a Stable Physiological Variable.

3. The method of claim 1 where said Linking Variable is a System Variable.

4. The method of claim 1 where said action taken by said second executing scenario is to exit the baseline state of said second scenario.

5. The method of claim 1 where said action taken by said second executing scenario is to modify a non-Stable Physiological Variable value.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of modifying the value of a Linking Variable is preceded by the step of detecting a user intervention.

7. A medical system for simulating a medical case comprising a system computer, at least one output display device, at least one input device;

and an instructor terminal, said system computer system communicating with said instructor terminal and said input and output display devices, said system having stored thereon a series of executable scenarios, said system further having a control panel interface displayable on said instructor terminal, said control panel interface displaying simultaneously a series of selectable values, said control panel interface adapted to accept inputs from an operator selecting one of said series of selectable values and communicate said selected value to said scenarios.

8. The medical system of claim 7 wherein said medical system further included a mannequin as an output device.

9. The medical system of claim 7 wherein said series of scenarios includes a control scenario, said control scenario adapted to receive certain of said selected values from said control panel interface and to set or modify a Linking Variable in response to said received selected value.

10. The medical system of claim 9 wherein said control scenario includes a series of states, one of said series being a baseline state, said baseline state adapted to receive said selected value and transition said control scenario to another of said series of scenarios based upon the received selected value.