Patent Document ID: 8740624
Application ID: 12708682
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for teaching patient care, the system comprising: a maternal simulator comprising a maternal manikin, a maternal circulatory model including a simulated uterus, a maternal cardiac ischemia model, and a maternal respiratory model; a fetal simulator comprising a fetal manikin positioned within the maternal simulator, the fetal simulator comprising a fetal circulatory model including a simulated placenta, a fetal cardiac ischemia model, and a fetal central nervous system model, wherein the fetal circulatory model and the maternal circulatory model are connected via the simulated placenta and the simulated uterus; and a controller in communication with the maternal simulator and the fetal simulator, the controller automatically coordinating parameters of the maternal circulatory model, the maternal cardiac ischemia model, the maternal respiratory model, the fetal circulatory model, the fetal cardiac ischemia model, and the fetal central nervous system model to simulate physiological characteristics of a natural interaction between a mother and a fetus such that vital signs of each of the maternal simulator and the fetal simulator are defined by the maternal circulatory model, the maternal cardiac ischemia model, the maternal respiratory model, the fetal circulatory model, the fetal cardiac ischemia model, and the fetal central nervous system model based on a selected physiological scenario and a user's interaction with at least one of the maternal simulator and the fetal simulator, wherein the controller automatically coordinates a simulated physiological exchange including the fetal circulatory model and the maternal circulatory model via the simulated placenta and the simulated uterus that is representative of a natural interaction between the mother and the fetus.