Patent ID: 8403675

Claim:
A medical training and/or evaluation device comprising: an outer housing in the shape of at least a portion of a mammalian anatomy, the outer housing including one or more upper walls corresponding to an abdominal wall of a live mammal, wherein the outer housing is capable of being opened and sealed repeatedly in order to enable a user to add and/or remove synthetic organ or tissue elements as desired according to a procedure; an abdominopelvic cavity and a thoracic cavity within the outer housing corresponding to the abdominopelvic cavity and thoracic cavity of the live mammal; an interior wall positioned between the abdominopelvic cavity and thoracic cavity corresponding to the diaphragm of the live mammal; one or more synthetic organ or tissue elements corresponding to organ or tissue elements of the live mammal, the synthetic organ or tissue elements disposed within the abdominopelvic cavity and/or thoracic cavity so as to simulate the organ or tissue element placement in the live mammal; one or more tubes positioned within the outer housing and being in connection with one or more synthetic organ or tissue elements so as to simulate one or more pathways through which respiration occurs within the live mammal; a respirator in connection with the one or more tubes to simulate respiration within the device; the one or more synthetic organ or tissue elements being interconnected with each other and/or being connected to one or more cavity walls with one or more fastening means that provide the same type of motion as the corresponding anatomic connection means such that the one or more synthetic organ or tissue elements are provided with the degrees of freedom of the corresponding organ or tissue element within the live mammal, wherein the outer housing, the one or more walls, and the interior wall are configured such that they are movable in response to the simulated respiration, wherein the outer housing, the one or more walls, and the interior wall move as a result of the simulated respiration in a manner that simulates motion of the exterior of the portion of the mammalian anatomy, the abdominal wall, and the diaphragm during respiration in the live mammal; and wherein the one or more synthetic organ or tissue elements are further configured such that the one or more synthetic organ and tissue elements move as a result of the simulated respiration in a manner that simulates the motion the corresponding organ and tissue elements during respiration in the live mammal.