Patent ID: 6669483
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An interactive instrumented breast model (100) for training a user (1018) to perform an effective breast examination, comprising:a breast model (102) having a base (206), a surface (202), and an inner core (204); a means for detecting whether user (1018) applies two or more levels of displacement at each of one or more points of contact on said surface (202) of said breast model (102), generating sensor output (1040); a computer program product for execution on a computer system (2500) in communication with said means for detecting two or more levels of displacement at each of said one or more points of contact on said surface (202) of said breast model (102), said computer program product comprising: a means for receiving said sensor output (1040), a means for converting said sensor output (1040) to reflect a level of displacement resulting from a level of pressure that the user (1018) applies to a point on said surface (202) of said breast model (102), thereby generating converted sensor data (1028), a means for evaluating said converted sensor data (1028) and generating performance data (1030), said performance data indicating whether user (1018) applies two or more levels of displacement for each of said one or more points of contact; a means for displaying said performance data (1030) as performance display output (1032) to the user (1018), wherein said performance display output (1032) simultaneously displays to the user (1018) each of said two or more levels of displacement for each of said one or more points of contact on said surface (202) of said breast model (102) and each of said two or more levels of displacement for each of said one or more points of contact on said surface (202) of said breast model.