Patent ID: 7128578

Claim:
An interactive simulator configured to simulate a pneumatic system, the simulator comprising: a user interface configured for establishing ventilation modes and settings for a simulated pneumatic system; a visual display communicatively linked to said user interface and configured to present a dynamically determined animated illustration of the simulated pneumatic system; a plurality of gas molecule animation logic scripts for animating images of simulated gas molecules on said visual display, each of said gas molecule animation logic scripts causing said images of simulated gas molecules to move in a prescribed direction and at a prescribed speed within a portion of said simulated pneumatic system on said visual display; and, a flow model communicatively linked to said gas molecule animation logic scripts and to a lung compliance and resistance model, said lung compliance and resistance model providing gas pressure data to said flow model and to said user interface responsive to gas volume data produced in said flow model, said flow model dynamically producing said gas flow data for use with said gas molecule animation logic scripts responsive to said gas pressure data provided by said lung compliance and resistance model, and user-activated ventilation modes and settings provided through said user interface for simulating ventilation modes and settings with respect to the simulated pneumatic system.