Expert system simulator for modeling realistic internal environments and performance
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1. An investigative medical system comprising:
- (A) a physical model representing physically and spatially at least that portion of a patient on which a selected medical procedure is to be performed;
(B) at least one implement representing a medical procedural tool normally employed in conducting said selected medical procedure;
(C) moving means for moving and controlling said implement within said model;
(D) first memory means for storing data representing the internal landscape of said at least that portion of said patient; and
(E) means interconnected with said moving means and responsive to the position of said implement for producing and displaying a visual presentation of that portion of said internal landscape representing the region adjacent the active portion of said implement.
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Abstract
A medical investigative system in which a person interacts with the system to interject information that is utilized by the system to establish non-restricted environmental modeling of the realities of surrogate conditions to be encountered with invasive or semi-invasive procedures. This is accomplished by video display of simulated internal conditions that appear life-like, as well as by display of monitor data including, for example, blood pressure, respiration, heart beat rate and the like.
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1. An investigative medical system comprising:
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(A) a physical model representing physically and spatially at least that portion of a patient on which a selected medical procedure is to be performed; (B) at least one implement representing a medical procedural tool normally employed in conducting said selected medical procedure; (C) moving means for moving and controlling said implement within said model; (D) first memory means for storing data representing the internal landscape of said at least that portion of said patient; and (E) means interconnected with said moving means and responsive to the position of said implement for producing and displaying a visual presentation of that portion of said internal landscape representing the region adjacent the active portion of said implement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. The method of performing a simulated medical procedure comprising the steps of:
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(A) preparing a physical model representing physically and spatially at least the portion of a patient on which the procedure is to be performed; (B) providing a first data storage means and storing data within first data storage means representing a realistic range of internal landscapes ordinarily encountered in patients for which predetermined medical procedures are ordinarily performed; (C) identifying a pathology or diagnostic region set to be explored; (D) inserting a medical procedural tool within said model; (E) positioning said tool within said model and identifying the position of said tool within said model; (F) accessing said first data storage means in response to the position of said tool within said model to retrieve selected data representing the one of said realistic internal landscapes represented by the position of said tool within said model; (G) translating said selected data into visual form data; and (H) displaying said visual form data in a visual display.
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30. The method of performing a simulated medical procedure comprising the steps of:
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(A) preparing a physical model representing physically and spatially at least that portion of a patient on which the procedure is to be performed; (B) providing a first data storage means; (C) storing data within first data storage means representing a realistic range of internal landscapes ordinarily encountered in patients for which predetermined medical procedures are ordinarily performed; (D) identifying a pathology or diagnostic region set to be explored; (E) selecting one of said predetermined medical procedures; (F) inserting a medical procedural tool within said model; (G) positioning said tool within said model; (H) identifying and monitoring the position of said tool within said model; (I) accessing said first data storage means in response to the position of said tool within said model to retrieve selected data representing the one of said realistic internal landscapes represented by the position of said tool within said model; (J) translating said selected data into visual form data; and (K) displaying said visual form data in a visual display. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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