Patent ID: 9437118
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G09B

Claim Text:
1. An anatomically realistic model for training personnel in endoscopic and other medical procedures, the model comprising: a shell resembling an animal, the shell having an interior cavity; at least one removable module positioned in the interior cavity of the shell that mimics realistic function, proximity, and pressure of organs of a living animal; openings for accessing orifices and body cavities in the animal; one or more spacers that maintain normal placement of the at least one removable module within the interior cavity and provide realistic rigidity and resistance that would be experienced during a medical procedure on a living animal; one or more panels designed to apply sufficient pressure to the at least one removable module to mimic the proximity and pressure of normal surrounding tissues in a living animal on the at least one removable module as that which would be experienced by the organs of the living animal; and wherein said model simulates normal function and behavior of the living animal when the animal is used for practicing a medical procedure and is anatomically realistic.