US 12,148,320 B2
Abdominal hernia simulation model for surgical training
John Alexander, Sunnyvale, CA (US); W. Andrew Grubbs, Hillsborough, NC (US); Kaity Yu Emerson, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Morgan Dominice Moore, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Megan Harrision Dew, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Samuel David Drew, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/387,514.
Application 18/387,514 is a continuation of application No. 16/977,861, granted, now 11,869,379, previously published as PCT/US2019/021657, filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/641,618, filed on Mar. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0071257 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G09B 23/30 (2006.01); G09B 23/34 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/306 (2013.01) [G09B 23/34 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/06 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical training apparatus comprising:
a simulated human abdomen anatomic framework; and
a tissue cassette removably positioned within the simulated human abdomen anatomic framework and comprising
a plate,
porcine tissue mimicking a hernia and mounted to the plate, and
at least one grounding device configured to electrically ground the porcine tissue mimicking the hernia.