Medical training apparatus

• US 9,064,427 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2007
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: J Morita Manufacturing Corporation (J. Morita Corporation), Kokoro Company Limited, The Nippon Dental University
• Original Assignee: J Morita Manufacturing Corporation (J. Morita Corporation), Kokoro Company Limited, The Nippon Dental University
• Inventors: Shibui, Naotake, Uzuka, Satoshi, Nakamura, Kiminari, Nishikawa, Kazuo, Nishimura, Mikinori, Nakai, Teruji, Matsuzaki, Tatsuo, Kira, Takeshi, Shimaya, Tadashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Utama, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US12/310,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20100003657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,072 Days
• Field of Search: 434/263, 434/258, 434/262, 434/267, 744/900.1, 607/134, 607/45, 600/544, 600/16, 600/587, 600/508, 542/4, 706/12
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 15/02 Chairs with means to adjust position of patient; Controls therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 15/14 Dental work stands; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/30 Anatomical models G09B23/281 - G09B23/288 take precedence

Abstract

A medical training apparatus comprising an instrument holder with a medical instrument, a model patient body simulating a patient subject to medical treatment or examination, and an examination table on which the model patient body is placed. The medical training apparatus comprises a posture detection means for detecting the posture of the examination table, a medical instrument status detection means for detecting the working status of the medical instrument, an examination receiving status detection means for detecting the situation of the model patient body in medical treatment or examination, and a model patient body driving means housed in the model patient body. The model patient body driving means changes the facial or body expression of the model patient body, depending on combination of at least one of the posture detection signal output from the posture detection means and the medical instrument status detection signal output from the medical instrument status detection means, and the examination receiving status detection signal output from the examination receiving status detection means.

Claims

1. A medical training apparatus comprising an instrument holder with a medical instrument, an android-type robot simulating a patient subject to medical treatment or examination, and an examination table on which said android-type robot is placed, said medical training apparatus comprising:

a posture detection means for detecting the posture of said examination table;

a medical instrument status detection means for detecting the working status of said medical instrument;

an examination receiving status detection means for detecting the situation of said android-type robot in medical treatment or examination; and

an android-type robot driving means housed in said android-type robot;

wherein

said android-type robot driving means changes the facial or body expression of said android-type robot, depending on combination of at least one of the posture detection signal output from said posture detection means and the medical instrument status detection signal output from said medical instrument status detection means, and the examination receiving status detection signal output from said examination receiving status detection means.

2. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a display means for displaying at least one of said posture detection signal, said medical instrument status detection signal and said examination receiving status detection signal.

4. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, further comprising:

a display means for displaying at least one of said posture detection signal, said medical instrument status detection signal and said examination receiving status detection signal; and

an android-type robot control/operation means for controlling said android-type robot driving means by a selecting operation.

5. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein:

said android-type robot control/operation means has a memory means for storing different facial or body expressions in advance by combining movement of eyes, eyelids, and a mouth of said android-type robot driving means and has an expression selection means for selecting a specific expression from the different expressions in face or body, and

said android-type robot driving means is controlled and driven by operating said android-type robot control/operation means so as to perform the expressions selected by said expression selection means.

6. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein said examination table comprises a sitting seat movable up and down, a tiltable back seat connected to the rear end of said sitting seat, and a tiltable headrest connected to the upper end of said back seat.

7. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein said android-type robot is connected to at least one of an electric driving system and a fluid driving system relative to said examination table.

8. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein said android-type robot has a head model with eyes, a nose and a mouth cavity and said mouth cavity has a jaw model.

9. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein said android-type robot driving means drives at least one of the eyes, eyelids, jaw and neck provided in said android-type robot.

10. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein said medical instrument status detection means detects at least one of the following factors:

the voltage or the current value corresponding to the rotation number of the medical instrument;

the air pressure, the air flow amount, the frequency, the vibration number of said instrument when operated;

the suppress strength to an affected part of said android-type robot;

the detection signal of picking up said medical instrument from said instrument holder;

the operation signal of a foot controller connected to said examination table; and

the operation signal of an operation means provided in said medical instrument.

11. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein said posture detection means detects at least one of the elevating position of said sitting seat, the tilting angle of said back seat, and the tilting angle of said headrest.

12. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein said examination receiving status detection means has at least one of a contact sensor provided for a cheek member of said head model, and a temperature sensor, a contact sensor, an angle sensor, a pressure sensor, a conduction sensor, a vibration sensor, and an impact sensor provided for said jaw model.

13. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein an imaging means is further provided for photographing the medical treatment or examination status of said android-type robot.

14. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein said android-type robot has an audio output means for outputting a predetermined voice in response to said examination receiving status detection signal.

15. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein said android-type robot is so constructed as to be detachably placed on said examination table via a coupling means.

16. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 15, wherein said android-type robot has a driving system connecting portion in said android-type robot driving means side, said connecting portion being detachable to at least one of a connecting portion of an electric driving system and a connecting portion of a fluid driving system provided in said examination table when coupled via said coupling means.

17. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 15, wherein:

said examination table has a sitting seat movable up and down, a tiltable back seat connected to the rear end of said sitting seat, and a tiltable headrest connected to the upper end of said back seat;

said android-type robot has a head portion, a trunk portion including a hip portion and a back portion, and a leg portion including a crural area; and

said coupling means is provided either between the trunk portion of said android-type robot and said sitting seat or said back seat of said examination table, between said sitting seat and said crural area of said model patient body android-type robot, or between said headrest of said examination table and said head portion of said android-type robot.

18. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein:

an android-type robot control/operation means for controlling said android-type robot driving means is provided on or at the vicinity of said examination table;

said android-type robot control/operation means has a connecting portion for an electric driving system or a connecting portion for a fluid driving system; and

said android-type robot has a connecting portion for the driving system at said android-type robot driving means side detachably connecting with at least more than one of said connecting portions.

19. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein a system stop switch for urgently stopping an operating portion of said examination table and said android-type robot is further provided.

20. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 19, wherein said system stop switch is provided for said examination table.

21. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein:

an operating medium of said android-type robot driving means includes fluid such as gas and liquid; and

an operation switch for releasing the android-type robot in order to urgently remove a part of or all of the operating pressure of the fluid during operation is further provided.

22. The medical training apparatus as set forth in claim 21, wherein said operation switch for releasing the android-type robot is provided for said android-type robot or said examination table.

3. A medical training apparatus comprising an instrument holder with a medical instrument, an android-type robot simulating a patient subject to medical treatment or examination, and an examination table on which said android-type robot is placed, said medical training apparatus comprising:

at least one of a medical instrument status detection means for detecting the working status of said medical instrument and an examination receiving status detection means for detecting the situation of said android-type robot in medical treatment or examination;

an android-type robot driving means for changing the facial or body expression of said android-type robot;

a memory means for storing the medical instrument status detection signal output from said medical instrument status detection means or the examination receiving status detection signal output from said examination receiving status detection means; and

a training result evaluation means for evaluating the result of medical training after comparing an evaluation criteria stored in advance in a memory means with the detection result based on at least one of said medical instrument detection signal and said examination receiving status detection signal.