INSTRUMENT FOR USE IN MEDICAL SIMULATOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a secondary instrument 11 insertable into a channel 12 of a main instrument 1 in a medical simulator.

SOLUTION: This secondary instrument includes: an outer sleeve 15; and a handle 17 movable within the outer sleeve. The instrument has a first configuration representing a first real instrument in which the handle is movable with respect to the outer sleeve for a first length of travel and a second configuration representing a second instrument in which the handle is movable with respect to the outer sleeve for a second length of travel which is less than the first length of travel. Accordingly, the instrument can physically represent more than one real instrument.

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