Medical training device

Abstract

Abstract MEDICAL TRAINING METHODS HAVING CHANGED SOMEWHAT OVER THE YEARS BUT, IN TOTAL, PROBABLY LESS THAN TRAINING IN MOST OTHER FIELDS. ALTHOUGH THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER HAS AT HIS DISPOSAL NEW AND BETTER ELECTRONIC AIDS FOR BOTH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, LITTLE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE WAY OF ELECTRONIC TRAINING DEVICES. THIS INVENTION PROVIDES ONE MEANS FOR IMPROVING MEDICAL TRAINING. A MANNEQUIN, AS LIFELIKE AS POSSIBLE, IS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC TRANSDUCERS FOR SIMULATING THE NOISES USUALLY HEARD IN THE THORAX. PROVISIONS ARE MADE FOR DUPLICATING THE SOUNDS OF THE HEART, OF BREATHING, OF THE PULSE, EVEN OF COUGHING WHEN DESIRED. EACH OF THESE SOUNDS HAS SEVERAL CONDITIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEARTBEAT IS THAT OF A NORMAL PERSON WITH THE FURTHER SELECTIVE MODIFICATION TO THAT OF AN ABNORMAL HEART. OTHER ABNORMAL SOUNDS CAN BE DUPLICATED AT WILL. THIS INVENTION FURTHER CONTEMPLATES THE MODIFICATION OF THE SOUNDS UNDER THE CONTROL OF A COMPUTER SO THAT A PROGRAM OF TRAINING CAN BE ESTABLISHED AND AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOWED.

Inventors

• 👤 Morris Ackerman

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