Patent ID: 9495885
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G09B

Claim Text:
1. A method for illuminating and recording an internal cavity of a medical simulator for a simulated patient and integrating simulator data comprising the steps of: A) providing a medical simulator having an internal cavity with operator activity normally occurring within the internal cavity during a session; B) creating at least one data output from the simulator associated with an operator session, wherein the at least one data output includes simulated physiologic parameters of the simulated patient; C) illuminating the internal cavity with light outside of the visible spectrum during an operator session; D) video recording an operator session on at least one video camera having a field of vision including at least part of the internal cavity; and E) receiving and storing the at least one video recording of step D) and the at least one data output of step B) in a synchronizing system which can provide playback of each video recording and each data output in an integrated synchronized manner, wherein the illuminating of the internal cavity with light outside of the visible spectrum during an operator session uses infrared lighting, wherein the infrared lighting includes at least one infrared light source positioned outside of the boundary of the internal cavity, and wherein the at least one infrared light source is configured to diffuse through a boundary membrane that defines the boundary of the internal cavity.