Systems and methods for editing a model of a physical system for a simulation

• US 8,639,485 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2006
• Issued: 01/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Immersion Corporation
• Original Assignee: Immersion Medical Inc (Immersion Corporation)
• Inventors: Connacher, Hugh, Falk, Robert B., Ikits, Milan, DiCuccio, Michael, Adhami, Louai, Ponnamperuma, Iyanka, Joshi, Dhananjay, Grenier, Lionel, Nelson, Donald D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Riggs, II, Larry D
• Application Number:
  US11/599,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20070124128A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,632 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 703/11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/30 Anatomical models G09B23/281 - G09B23/288 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Systems and methods for modifying a medical model of a physical system is disclosed. One disclosed system includes a graphical user interface configured to display at least one parameter associated with the medical model and receive a modification of the at least one parameter. The system also includes a processor configured to receive the modification of the at least one parameter from the graphical user interface and execute a simulation of a part of the medical model including the modification of the at least one parameter.

Claims

1. A system for modifying a medical model of a physical system, comprising:

a memory;

a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to execute an editor, the editor configured to;

receive the medical model, the medical model comprising a plurality of subsystems,

display a graphical representation of the medical model,

display at least one parameter associated with a first subsystem of the plurality of subsystems of the medical model,

receive a modification of the at least one parameter, and

while the medical model is within the editor;

isolate the first subsystem, the isolating providing interaction with a graphical representation of the first subsystem during simulation of the first subsystem without the first subsystem being affected by a simulation of other subsystems, and

execute and display a simulation of the first subsystem without executing a full simulation of the medical model in a simulated environment, the first subsystem including the modification of the at least one parameter.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to store the model of the physical system including the modification of the at least one parameter.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising an input device in communication with the processor, the input device configured to transmit an input signal to the processor, the input signal associated with a state of the input device.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising an actuator configured to receive an actuator signal and apply a force to the input device, the force based at least in part on the input signal and the simulation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the physical system comprises a part of a biological organism.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the simulation comprises an endovascular simulation.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the input device comprises a laparoscopic device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the medical model comprises a model of a human heart.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one parameter comprises one or more of a size, a shape, a thickness, or a pathology.

10. A method for modifying a medical model of a physical system, comprising:

receiving the medical model by an editor executed by a processor in communication with a memory, the medical model comprising a plurality of subsystems;

displaying the medical model by the editor executed by a processor;

displaying, by the editor executed by a processor, at least one parameter associated with a first subsystem of the plurality of subsystems of the medical model;

receiving a modification of the at least one parameter by the editor executed by a processor;

isolating the first subsystem, the isolating providing interaction with a graphical representation of the first subsystem during simulation of the first subsystem without the first subsystem being affected by a simulation of other subsystems; and

executing and displaying, within the editor by the processor, a simulation of the first subsystem, while the medical model is within the editor, without executing a full simulation of the medical model in a simulated environment, the first subsystem including the modification of the at least one parameter.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving an input signal associated with a state of an input device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising outputting a force to the input device, the force based at least in part on the input signal and the simulation of the at least part of the medical model including the modification of the at least one parameter.

13. The method of claim 10, storing the medical model including the modification of the at least one parameter.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the physical system comprises a part of a biological organism.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the simulation comprises an endovascular simulation.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the input device comprises a laparoscopic device.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the medical model comprises a model of the human heart.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one parameter comprises one or more of a size, a shape, a thickness, or a pathology.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code for modifying a medical model of a physical system, comprising:

program code for receiving the medical model by an editor executed by a processor in communication with a memory, the medical model comprising a plurality of subsystems;

program code for displaying the medical model by the editor executed by a processor

program code for displaying, by the editor executed by a processor, at least one parameter associated with a first subsystem of the model of the physical system;

program code for receiving a modification of the at least one parameter by the editor executed by a processor;

program code for isolating the first subsystem, the isolating providing interaction with a graphical representation of the first subsystem during simulation of the first subsystem without the first subsystem being affected by a simulation of other subsystems; and

program code for executing and displaying, within the editor by the processor, a simulation of the first subsystem, while the medical model is within the editor, without executing a full simulation of the medical model in a simulated environment, the first subsystem including the modification of the at least one parameter.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising program code for receiving an input signal associated with the state of an input device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, further comprising program code for outputting a force to the input device, the force based at least in part on the input signal and the simulation of the part of medical the model of the physical system including the modification of the at least one parameter.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising program code for storing the medical model of the physical system including the modification of the at least one parameter.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the physical system comprises a part of a biological organism.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the simulation comprises an endovascular simulation.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the input device comprises a laparoscopic device.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the medical model comprises a model of the human heart.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the at least one parameter comprises one or more of a size, a shape, a thickness, or a pathology.