US 12,469,410 B2
Training simulator for healthcare training
Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler, Urbana, IL (US); Yinan Pei, Urbana, IL (US); Kevin Gim, Savoy, IL (US); Prateek Garag, Cupertino, CA (US); Evan Ripperger, Urbana, IL (US); and Christopher M. Zallek, Peoria Heights, IL (US)
Assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US); and OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,875.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,723, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057349 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G09B 23/32 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/32 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A training simulator for healthcare provider training, the training simulator comprising:
a first body component;
a second body component;
a joint located at a junction of the first body component and the second body component, wherein the first body component is rotatable relative to the second body component at the joint; and
an actuator system comprising:
a linear slider-crank mechanism and an actuator for controlling the linear slider-crank mechanism,
wherein the linear slider-crank mechanism is configured to control a torque required to move the first body component relative to the second body component at the joint, and
wherein control of the linear slider-crank mechanism with the actuator adjusts the torque.