US 12,288,477 B2
System for simulating cervical spine motions
Patrick Boissy, Sherbrooke (CA); Mathieu Hamel, Magog (CA); François Cabana, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton (CA); and Karina Lebel, Sherbrooke (CA)
Assigned to SOCIETE DE COMMERCIALISATION DES PRODUITS DE LA RECHERCHE APPLIQUÉE SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GÉNIE S.E.C., Sherbrooke (CA)
Filed by SOCIETE DE COMMERCIALISATION DES PRODUITS DE LA RECHERCHE APPLIQUÉE SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GÉNIE S.E.C., Sherbrooke (CA)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,278.
Application 18/320,278 is a continuation of application No. 16/757,437, granted, now 11,694,579, previously published as PCT/CA2018/051334, filed on Oct. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/575,016, filed on Oct. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0290281 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G09B 23/30 (2006.01); G09B 23/32 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/32 (2013.01) [G09B 23/303 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mannequin comprising:
arms; and
a torso portion defined by
a central portion extending generally along a cranial-caudal axis of the mannequin,
shoulder blade portions connected to the central portion by joints so as to be rotatable relative to the central portion,
glenoid joints connected to the shoulder blade portions, the glenoid joints each providing at least one rotational degree of freedom;
wherein the glenoid joints interconnect the arms to respective ones of the shoulder blade portions.