US 12,094,359 B2
Soft body haptics material arrangements
Gudrun Kristin Einarsdottir, Schlieren (CH); Erika Beudeker, Schlieren (CH); and Daniel Jiroudek, Schlieren (CH)
Assigned to Virtamed AG, Schlieren (CH)
Filed by Virtamed AG, Schlieren (CH)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/012,630.
Claims priority of application No. 19196014 (EP), filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0074182 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G09B 23/30 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/30 (2013.01) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); G06F 3/016 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a simulated anatomy model; and
a mesh layer through which at least one medical tool may be inserted and manipulated attached to the anatomy model, the mesh layer being formed of at least one elastomer strand having a width in the range of 1 mm to 10 mm, the at least one strand being interlinked so as to provide multiple gaps at the crossing of the strands through which the tool can pass through the mesh layer;
wherein the simulated anatomy model further comprises:
a simulated skin layer comprising at least one portal hole entry through which the medical tool may be inserted and manipulated into the simulated anatomy model to reach the mesh layer; and
a soft body simulation layer attached under the simulated skin layer, wherein the soft body simulation layer is formed of at least three adjacent protruding flexible elements such that the medical tool can enter into the soft body simulation layer through the at least one portal entry on the simulated skin layer and slide through the channels or recesses formed between the adjacent protruding flexible elements to reach the mesh layer.