US 12,354,492 B2
Vibrotactile method, apparatus and system for training and practicing dental procedures
Ali Maddahi, Winnipeg (CA); Shahriar Bagheri, Winnipeg (CA); Maziar Mardan, Winnipeg (CA); Maryam Kalvandi, Winnipeg (CA); and Yaser Maddahi, Winnipeg (CA)
Assigned to Tactile Robotics Ltd., Winnipeg (CA)
Appl. No. 17/271,470
Filed by TACTILE ROBOTICS LTD., Winnipeg (CA)
PCT Filed Aug. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/051190
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/041879, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,253, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312834 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G09B 23/28 (2006.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04)
CPC G09B 23/283 (2013.01) [G05G 5/03 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental procedure training system for use with an instructor workstation comprising a dental tool having a handle grip arranged to be gripped in a hand of an instructor and a sensory system arranged to sense at least one operating characteristic of the dental tool while the dental tool performs a dental procedure, the training system comprising:
at least one apprentice workstation for use by an apprentice, the at least one apprentice workstation comprising:
a training tool having a handle grip representative of the handle grip of the dental tool so as to be arranged to be gripped in a hand of the apprentice;
a vibrotactile actuation system embedded in the training tool so as to generate vibrotactile feedback to the apprentice through the handle grip of the training tool;
a processing unit arranged to operate the vibrotactile actuation system of the training tool according to said at least one operating characteristic sensed by the sensory system of the instructor workstation;
wherein the vibrotactile actuation system is supported internally within the handle grip of the training tool.