Patent Document ID: 20140302475
Application ID: 14200466
Patent Flag: 0

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 base structure comprises an opening in a center portion of the neck region, said opening defining a tracheal access window in said muscle portion; a tracheal structure disposed within and removable from the 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 hyoid cartilage component affixed at one end to the tracheal structure and/or a hyoid bone and disposed ventral to the cricoid membrane; and a replaceable skin component disposed over the base structure at the tracheal access window but ventral to the hyoid cartilage component.