Claims
- 1. A surgical simulator user input device comprising:
- a virtual medical instrument corresponding to a real surgical instrument used in a medical operation, said virtual medical instrument connected to a computer for simulating a surgical procedure and including a virtual mouse attached to a tube;
- wherein said virtual medical instrument is capable of simulating multiple real surgical instruments by interchangeably utilizing a different virtual mouse attached to said tube wherein each of said different virtual mouse performs functions associated with a particular real surgical instrument to be simulated.
- 2. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 1 further comprising a housing representative of a virtual patient wherein said virtual medical instrument extends inside said housing through a virtual orifice and wherein said virtual orifice is connected to a computer for providing data to the computer for simulating a surgical procedure.
- 3. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 2 wherein the computer provides data to said virtual orifice for simulating a surgical procedure.
- 4. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 3 wherein said data provided to said virtual orifice by the computer adjusts said virtual orifice to represent a particular orifice of a human body.
- 5. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 2 further comprising means for providing force feedback to said virtual medical instrument.
- 6. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 5 wherein said means for providing force feedback on said virtual medical instrument is edge collision and detection software resident in the computer used for conducting a virtual surgery procedure and a force feedback device in said housing.
- 7. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 5 wherein said means for providing force feedback is rollers, arms and springs.
- 8. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 5 wherein said means for providing force feedback is a mechanical device.
- 9. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 5 wherein said means for providing force feedback is an electro-mechanical device.
- 10. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 5 wherein said means for providing force feedback is a pneumatic device.
- 11. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 5 wherein said means for providing force feedback is a hydraulic device.
- 12. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 2 wherein said housing includes rollers, arms and springs and wherein said virtual medical instrument is accommodated within said housing by positioning said virtual medical instrument by said rollers, arms and springs.
- 13. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 1 wherein said virtual medical instrument includes a hand-operable activation device for simulating a particular procedure of a simulated surgery.
- 14. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 13 wherein said hand-operable activation device is an electrical switch.
- 15. The surgical simulator input device according to claim 13 wherein said hand-operable activation device is a mechanical actuator.
- 16. A surgical simulator user input device comprising:
- a first surgical instrument simulator module for simulating procedures performed in a surgical procedure; and
- a second surgical instrument simulator module for simulating procedures performed in a surgical procedure;
- wherein said first surgical instrument simulator module and said second surgical instrument simulator module are interconnected and wherein said surgical simulator user input device is capable of simulating multiple real surgical instruments by interchangeably interconnecting different first and second surgical instrument simulator modules wherein each of said surgical instrument simulator modules perform functions associated with a particular real surgical instrument to be simulated.
- 17. A surgical simulator user input device according to claim 16 wherein said first surgical instrument simulator module is a virtual mouse and said second surgical instrument simulator module is a tube.
- 18. A surgical simulator user input device according to claim 16 further comprising a housing representative of a virtual patient wherein said second surgical instrument simulator module extends inside said housing through a virtual orifice and wherein said virtual orifice is connected to a computer for providing data to the computer for simulating a surgical procedure.
- 19. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 18 wherein the computer provides data to said virtual orifice for simulating a surgical procedure.
- 20. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 19 wherein said data provided to said virtual orifice by the computer adjusts said virtual orifice to represent a particular orifice of a human body.
- 21. The surgical simulator user input device according to claim 18 further comprising means for providing force feedback to said second surgical instrument simulator module.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/412,805 filed on Mar. 29,1995 pending.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Cover et al., Interactively Deformable Models for Surgery Simulation, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications vol.: 13 Iss:6 pp. 68-75, Nov. 1993. |
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