PHYSIOLOGY SIMULATION GARMENT, SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20120270197A1
• Filed: 10/12/2010
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And Research (Mayo Clinic)
• Original Assignee: Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And Research (Mayo Clinic)
• Inventors: Brost, Brian C., Belda, Thomas E., Allen, Samuel J., Mcgarry, Eugene A.
• Application Number:
  US13/501,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20120270197A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/267
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/30 Anatomical models G09B23/281 - G09B23/288 take precedence

Abstract

Physiology simulation garments, systems including physiology simulation garments, and methods of using the same are described herein.

Claims

1. A physiology simulation garment comprising:

a garment body adapted to be worn by a person; and

a physiology condition generator operatively connected to the garment body, wherein the generator generates a selected sensory output indicative of a selected simulated physiological condition.

2. The garment of claim 1, wherein the selected sensory output comprises one or more of:

a selected auditory output, a selected visible output, a selected olfactory output, and a selected somatosensory output.

6. The garment of claim 1, wherein the generator simultaneously generates a plurality of selected sensory outputs.

7. The garment of claim 1, wherein the generator generates a plurality of selected sensory outputs that emit from different portions of the garment body.

8. The garment of claim 1, wherein the physiology condition generator comprises a bioelectric signal generator generating a selected electrical output indicative of a selected simulated physiological condition.

10. The garment of claim 1, wherein the physiology condition generator comprises an ultrasound image generator generating selected images indicative of a selected simulated physiological condition.

11. The garment of claim 1, further comprising an input sensing apparatus.

14. The garment of claim 1, wherein the garment comprises a torso section.

15. The garment of claim 1, further comprising one or more fluid reservoirs operatively connected to the garment body.

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17. A system comprising:

one or more physiology simulation garments, wherein each physiology simulation garment comprises;

a garment body adapted to be worn by a person; and

a physiology condition generator operatively connected to the garment body, wherein the generator generates a selected sensory output indicative of a selected simulated physiological condition; and

a central instructing apparatus operatively connected to at least one of the one or more garments.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the central instructing apparatus is operatively connected to at least one physiology condition generator of the one or more garments.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising an eyewear simulation apparatus adapted to be worn by a person and operatively connected to the central instructing apparatus.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising a communication apparatus adapted to be worn by the person and operatively connected to the central instructing apparatus.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the system is capable of synchronizing at least one selected sensory output of the physiology condition generator with an input to the input sensing apparatus.

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25. A method of simulating a physiological condition, the method comprising:

selecting a sensory output that is indicative of a selected simulated physiological condition; and

generating the selected sensory output using a physiology condition generator operatively connected to a garment body.

26. A method according to claim 25, wherein the selected sensory output comprises one or more of:

an auditory output, a selected bioelectric signal, a selected visible output, a selected olfactory output, a selected somatosensory output, a selected image.

32. A method according to claim 25, wherein the method comprises selecting a plurality of sensory outputs and generating the selected plurality of sensory outputs simultaneously from the garment body.

33. A method according to claim 32, wherein the selected plurality of sensory outputs emit from different portions of the garment body.

36. A method according to claim 25, wherein the method further comprises generating the selected sensory output at a plurality of garment bodies, wherein each garment body of the plurality of garment bodies comprises a physiology condition generator operatively connected to the garment body, and wherein each garment body of the plurality of garment bodies is operatively connected to a central instructing apparatus.

38. A method according to claim 25, wherein the method further comprises communicating instructions to a person wearing the garment body.

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