Patent ID: 11904508
Assignee: RESUTURE, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of producing a simulated vascular vessel, the method comprising:
forming a vascular vessel mold from a first material that includes a soluble polymer and/or meltable material, the vascular vessel mold defining an interior void of a vascular vessel for a surgical simulation system;
applying one or more layers of elastomer around the vascular vessel mold to form a simulated vascular vessel;
allowing the one or more layers of elastomer to cure to form a wall of the simulated vascular vessel; and
removing a first portion of the vascular vessel mold via dissolving and/or melting to create a passage for liquid in the simulated vascular vessel wherein when said removing is completed to form the passage, a second portion of the vascular vessel mold remains in the passage as a simulated vascular abnormality to represent a simulated vascular abnormality in a surgical simulation when the simulated vascular vessel is used in a simulation, wherein the passage includes an opening for receiving a fluid flow, wherein the simulated vascular abnormality is positioned adjacent the wall of the simulated vascular vessel such that the simulated vascular abnormality and the simulated vascular vessel are configured to allow the fluid flow to pass through the passage by the simulated vascular abnormality.