Clinical assessment and training system

Abstract

A system for medical training includes an anatomical simulator modeled after at least a portion of a body, the simulator including at least one external surface, and at least one cavity in fluidic communication with the external surface via a cavity The system further includes at least one internal sensor positioned at an internal location of the anatomical simulator, the internal sensor positioned to receive an internal input based on forces applied from within the cavity, at least one external sensor positioned at an external location of the anatomical simulator and to receive an external input based on forces applied to the external surface, and a feedback display system in communication with the sensors to simultaneously record external sensor readings from the at least one external sensor and internal sensor readings from the at least one internal sensor and at least one time measurement device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for medical training of a mass location, stabilization and diagnostic aspiration procedure, comprising:
 an anatomical simulator modeled after a breast with tissue layers and a mass located within the breast;   a syringe connected needle;   internal sensors located within the breast and positioned on or near the tissue layers and the mass, wherein the internal sensors measure pressure and movement induced by the syringe connected needle along an insertion path of the needle, across the tissue layers and on or near the mass during the mass location, stabilization and diagnostic aspiration procedure;   external sensors positioned on or near the breast surface layer, wherein the external sensors measure movement and pressure applied by a user during the mass location, stabilization and diagnostic aspiration procedure; and   a feedback display system in communication with the sensors to simultaneously record and display external sensor readings from the external sensors and internal sensor readings from the internal sensors,   wherein the simultaneous recording of the sensor readings comprises recording: (i) a sensor reading resulting from direct manual contact by a user or an assistant user, simultaneously with (ii) a sensor readings resulting from indirect contact by a surgical instrument operated by the user.