Patent ID: 6544041
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A simulator for simulating a surgical procedure comprising:a mannequin corresponding to a living mammalian subject, said mannequin having an interior; a surgical probe; means for providing position and orientation information defining the position and orientation of a surgical probe relative to the mannequin; a memory device having stored therein image data defining an image representative of internal organs found within the living subject corresponding to the mannequin; and means for providing a composite image including images of internal organs and a representation of the surgical probe based on said image data and said position and orientation data so that in said composite image, the position and orientation of the representation of the probe relative to the images of the internal organs corresponds to the position and orientation of the probe relative to the internal organs of the living subject which would be observed in a real image of the living subject with the surgical probe at a position and orientation relative to the living subject corresponding to the position and orientation of the probe relative to the mannequin.