US 12,288,475 B2
Procedure simulator and procedure training method using the same
Kouji Ozaki, Kanagawa (JP); Daiki Nozawa, Choufu (JP); Junichi Fukamizu, Yokohama (JP); and Makoto Takahashi, Hadano (JP)
Assigned to TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,479.
Application 17/816,479 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/000614, filed on Jan. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-017102 (JP), filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0392374 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G09B 23/30 (2006.01); G09B 23/28 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/285 (2013.01) [G09B 23/286 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A procedure simulator comprising:
a first storage tank configured to store a liquid;
a tissue model including a plurality of bifurcated flow paths being bifurcated downstream via a plurality of bifurcated portions, the plurality of bifurcated portions and the plurality of bifurcated flow paths being formed at a same height;
a pump configured to supply the liquid in the first storage tank to the tissue model;
a second storage tank configured to store the liquid from the plurality of bifurcated flow paths;
a plurality of pipes, each of the plurality of pipes connecting an outlet of one of the plurality of bifurcated flow paths to the second storage tank;
a plurality of switching valves, each of the plurality of switching valves configured to selectively cause one of the plurality of bifurcated flow paths to communicate with a drain flow path from which the liquid is discharged below the second storage tank; and
a plurality of filters, each of the plurality of filters located between one of the plurality of switching valves and the corresponding outlet of the plurality of bifurcated flow paths.