Patent ID: 8636519
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus, comprising: a mockup probe having a distal end and a proximal end adapted to be held by a human operator; a mockup patient, simulating an actual patient, the mockup patient having a mockup organ and an aperture allowing penetration of the distal end of the mockup probe into the mockup patient to contact the mockup organ; a force generator, coupled to the mockup probe, configured to apply force to the proximal end of the probe that can be felt by the human operator; and a system controller, which is configured to: track a location of the distal end of the probe during the penetration thereof into the mockup patient to determine a mockup organ location, access an indication of a value of contractility of a region of an organ of the actual patient corresponding to the mockup organ contact location, access an operator parameter indicative of a style of operation of the human operator, and activate the force generator so that the force applied to the proximal end of the probe is responsive to the value of contractility and the operator parameter.