Patent ID: 7553159

Claim:
A surgical training model of the abdominopelvic region of a human patient's body to assist in training an operator in directing minimally invasive surgical instruments through body tissue comprising: a relatively rigid skeletal frame shaped in conformance with at least a portion of the human pelvic girdle comprising at least portions of the right and left coxal bones each including a substantially realistic representation of at least the ischium and pubis, including the superior pubic ramus and the posterior ischiopubic pubic ramus joined at the interpubic disc, the skeletal frame defining right and left obturator foramens; a component model of a body tissue comprising at least one of a body organ, muscle group, membrane, ligament, blood vessel, or nerve in substantially correct anatomic shape, size and relation to the skeletal frame; and a mass of elastomer encasing the component model and the skeletal frame having a flexibility, density and consistency mimicking that of tissues of the human body.