Small intestine endoscope training simulator

摘要

It is possible to provide a small intestine endoscope training simulator (11) which allows to obtain a feeling similar to that of inserting an endoscope (38) into the small intestine (34) of the living body (30) and learn the actual operation of the endoscope (38). This training simulator (11) includes a plurality of longitudinal elastic members (32) for applying an elastic force to each of a plurality of portions of a simulated small intestine (13). One end portion sides of the plurality of longitudinal elastic members (32) are respectively attached to the first attachment portions (27) on the simulated small intestine (13) side. The other end portion sides of the plurality of longitudinal elastic members (32) are respectively attached to the second attachment portions (33, 57) on the case (12) side.

主权项

1. A small intestine endoscope training simulator comprising:
a case comprising a case main body that simulates the size and shape of an abdominal region of the human body having a space for a simulated abdominal cavity; a simulated large intestine accommodated in the space for said simulated abdominal cavity; a sheet laid over said simulated abdominal cavity; an opening provided in said sheet; and a simulated small intestine accommodated in the space for said simulated abdominal cavity, comprising:
a plurality of longitudinal elastic members for applying an elastic force to a plurality of portions of said simulated small intestine, wherein a first end portion of each longitudinal elastic member is attached to a first attachment portion on the simulated small intestine, a second end portion of each of said longitudinal elastic members is tied to a second attachment portion on said case, each of said plurality of longitudinal elastic members comprises a rubber string, said plurality of rubber strings are substantially gathered together at the second end portions thereof, wherein a first portion of said simulated small intestine is positioned on top of said sheet outside of said simulated abdominal cavity and a second portion of the simulated small intestine is positioned below said sheet inside said simulated abdominal cavity such that the simulated small intestine passes through the opening in the sheet and is connected to said simulated large intestine under the sheet inside said simulated abdominal cavity, and wherein said sheet substantially covers said simulated large intestine and the second portion of the simulated small intestine in the simulated abdominal cavity.