Invention Application
- Patent Title: CATHETER SIMULATOR AND IMAGING METHOD FOR CATHETER SIMULATOR
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Application No.: US15388203Application Date: 2016-12-22
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Publication No.: US20170103682A1Publication Date: 2017-04-13
- Inventor: Keita OKAYAMA , Shinsuke NANTO , Yasushi SAKATA , Daichi WATANABE , Makoto INADA , Munekuni SATO
- Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITY , JMC CORPORATION
- Main IPC: G09B23/30
- IPC: G09B23/30 ; G06T7/00 ; G09B9/00

Abstract:
A catheter simulator (10) of the invention has a container (20) filled with a liquid; an elastic heart model (30) installed in a floating state in the liquid with which the container (20) is filled; and a pump (50) connected to the heart model (30). The pump (50) is connected to an apex section of the heart model and produces a pulsatile flow from the apex section toward an aorta. Coronary arteries (33) provided on the surface of a main body (30A) of the heart model (30), pulsate together with the main body as a result of the pulsatile flow flowing from the pump (50).
Public/Granted literature
- US10755601B2 Catheter simulator Public/Granted day:2020-08-25
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