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Device and method for simulating an examination or a surgical operation performed on a simulated organ

  • US 5,909,380 A
  • Filed: 12/31/1996
  • Issued: 06/01/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device (1) for simulating a procedure on a simulated organ by an operator, which simulated organ is generated using at least one digitized photograph, comprising:

  • a binocular (3), for observing the organ and fitted with a control stage system (4) actuated manually by the operator, said system being designed to displace the binocular in an orthonormal triaxial frame Ox, Oy, Oz;

    wherein said device further comprises;

    a simulation means, including means for synthesizing a computer image of the simulated organ, wherein said simulation means comprises;

    means (8) for simulating a slit lamp and means (15) for simulating means for adjusting the dimensioning of said slit lamp which illuminates the organ;

    means (8) for simulating magnifying optics;

    one or two miniaturized video screens integral with the binocular;

    computation means (8) which generates a video image of the simulated organ to be examined and projects said image onto said miniaturized video screen or screens; and

    means for simulating a lens (16), for examining the organ, that is fitted with means (12) for manual actuation by an operator, which are designed to simulate the relative displacement of said simulated examination lens relative to said video image;

    wherein said simulation means and said computation means are designed so that the changing by the operator of any one of the parameters relating to the displacement of the binocular, to the adjustment of the slit lamp, to the magnification or to the examination lens modifies the video image of the simulated organ in real-time.

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