Patent Document ID: 9679501
Application ID: 14200466
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An artificial anatomical model useful for cricothyroidotomy training, comprising: a mandible and neck base structure that geometrically mimics at least a portion of the mandible and neck of a human or non-human animal comprised of, at least in part, a muscle portion, wherein said neck base structure comprises a neck region with a center portion comprising an opening in the center portion, said opening defining a tracheal access window in said muscle portion; a tracheal structure disposed within and removable from the neck base structure, said tracheal structure comprises a tracheal aperture, wherein at least a portion of the tracheal aperture is aligned with the tracheal access window, wherein a portion of the tracheal structure is covered by the muscle portion such that a portion of the tracheal structure is aligned with the tracheal access window; a replaceable cricoid membrane surrounding the tracheal structure at the tracheal aperture; a thyroid cartilage component affixed at one end to the tracheal structure- and disposed ventral to the cricoid membrane; a replaceable skin component disposed over the neck base structure at the tracheal access window but ventral to the thyroid cartilage component; and a skin layer disposed over at least a portion of the muscle portion, ventral to the replaceable skin component, wherein the skin layer comprises at least one skin layer opening which superimposes a portion of the tracheal access window, such that when the skin layer is disposed over the neck base structure, at least a portion of the replaceable skin component is visible through the at least one skin layer opening in order to allow an incision to be made in the portion of the replaceable skin component which appears through the skin opening.