Patent ID: 6106301
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A61B,G09B

Abstract:
An interface device for use with a simulation system to enable a user to interact with the simulation system to perform a medical procedure on a simulated anatomy of a virtual patient, said interface device comprising:at least one navigation peripheral capable of selective manipulation by the user and providing navigation information associated with said manipulation to said interface device for transmission to the simulation system for enabling the simulation system to simulate traversal of a corresponding navigation instrument through the simulated anatomy in accordance with said manipulation; andan inflation peripheral selectively manipulable by the user and associated with a navigation instrument balloon disposed at a distal end of a navigation instrument to provide information associated with a balloon inflation level of said navigation instrument balloon resulting from manipulation of said inflation peripheral to said interface device for transmission to the simulation system for enabling the simulation system to simulate incremental inflation of the navigation instrument balloon in accordance with said balloon inflation level and manipulation of said inflation peripheral.