Wearable partial task surgical simulator

• US 9,916,774 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2015
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Strategic Operations Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Stuart Charles Segall
• Inventors: Segall, Stuart Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): COLLINS, DOLORES R
• Application Number:
  US14/943,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20160071436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 434272
• 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: G09B 23/303 specially adapted to simulate circulation of bodily fluids
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/32 with moving parts

Abstract

A wearable device for simulating wounds and injuries received during a trauma event includes a raiment and vest for covering the torso of a person. The raiment has an outer surface with a color and a texture comparable to human skin. Mounted on the outer surface is at least one wound simulator formed with an orifice that is in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir. Thus, the person can selectively expel a blood-like fluid from the reservoir, and through the wound simulator orifice, to simulate a trauma event. The vest includes an artificial rib cage and prosthetic internal organs juxtaposed with at least one wound simulator to simulate internal effects of a trauma event.

Claims

1. A wearable device for simulating a trauma event comprising:

a vest having a cavity and dimensioned to cover the torso of a person;

a raiment dimensioned to cover the vest and the torso of a person, wherein the raiment is formed as a layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, and wherein the inner surface is adjacent the vest and the outer surface has a color and a texture comparable to human skin;

one or more orifices located on the outer surface of the raiment; and

one or more wound simulators located on the outer surface of the raiment wherein at least one of the one or more wound simulators is positioned such that the at least one wound simulator surrounds at least one of the one or more orifices.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 wherein at least one of the one or more wound simulators is used to simulate gas or liquid agent injuries without surrounding any of the one or more orifices.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the one or more orifices simulate a puncture wound without the use of the one or more wound simulators.

4. The wearable device for simulating a trauma event of claim 1 wherein the raiment has at least one fluid reservoir for holding a blood-like fluid therein and is in fluid communication with the one or more orifices for selectively expelling the blood-like fluid from the reservoir and through the wound simulator to simulate the trauma event.

5. The wearable device of claim 4, further comprising flexible tubing mounted under the outer surface of the raiment to connect the at least one fluid reservoir to the one or more orifices.

6. The wearable device of claim 4, wherein the at least one fluid reservoir is positioned in the raiment such that it can be manually squeezed to expel fluid through the one or more orifices.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the raiment has a plurality of fluid reservoirs in fluid communication with each other to supply fluid to the one or more orifices.

8. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the vest has a first portion covering at least part of the chest of a person, a second portion attached to the first portion and forming the cavity generally between the first and second portions, and third and fourth side portions attached to the first portion and covering at least part of the sides of the torso of a person.

9. The wearable device of claim 8 further comprising multiple prosthetic internal organs positioned within the cavity of the vest as a package.

10. The wearable device of claim 9 further comprising multiple packages of prosthetic internal organs that are each positionable within the cavity of the vest to represent various simulations of trauma events.

11. The wearable device of claim 9 wherein the reservoir is selectively attached to the prosthetic internal organ to simulate bleeding from the prosthetic internal organ during simulation of the trauma event.

12. The device as recited in claim 1 wherein the wearable device for simulating a trauma event is configured to provide a protective layer to protect a person wearing the wearable device from being physically harmed by a simulation of trauma events and a response to trauma events.