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Cardiovascular haptic handle system

  • US 8,956,304 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2013
  • Issued: 02/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of simulating dynamic characteristics of moving biological tissue of a patient using tactile sensations in a haptic handle adapted to be held in the hand of a user, having one or more tactile elements and one or more corresponding actuators, comprising:

  • providing a plurality of sensors adapted to acquire data from moving biological tissue of the patient;

    using the acquired data to generate sensor signals indicative of dynamic characteristics of sensed biological tissue that occur over a plurality of cardiac cycles of the patient;

    using a processor to receive and convert sensor signals to tactile signals; and

    receiving tactile signals in the haptic handle, and in response to the tactile signals, causing the one or more tactile elements to provide a tactile rendering of a time-varying representation of the dynamic characteristics to a user via the haptic handle.

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