Patent ID: 9548003
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G09B

Claim:
1. A medical training method, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: (a) a plurality of users engaging a simulation system to initiate a medical training routine, by means of one or more computer processors, the simulation system including a video display that is disposed within the simulation system and aligned with a physical model such that an area of the video display is visible to the plurality of the users through the opening of the physical model at least during or following physical manipulation of a portion of the physical model, a controller for controlling the video display that displays one or more medical images, and optics configured to optically alter the one or more images; (b) each of the plurality of users inserting a medical examination tool into an opening defined by the simulation system to represent a body part, the medical examination tool having an optical pathway through which the each of the plurality of users is able to directly view the area of the video display that is visible through the opening of the physical model; and (c) the plurality of users using the medical examination tool to view an interior defined by the simulation system that simulates the concealed anatomy of the body part by optically altering the one or more images so as to simulate the appearance of the interior of the body part when viewed using the medical examination tool,