Pedagogical device for incisions and sutures
View Patent ↗A pedagogical device for incisions and stitches for practicing different incision and stitching techniques in human or animal surgery includes a bar having an upper portion having a surface with a convex shape representing an anatomic element such as a bone, an upper maxillary or a mandible, and a sheet covering the bar, the sheet being made of a material having a texture simulating a biological tissue. The device can be directly used in the field of teaching surgery.
1. A pedagogical device for incisions and sutures for practicing different incision and suture techniques performed in human or animal surgery, the device comprising:
a bar presenting an upper part having a convex outer surface representing an anatomical element, said bar extending from a first to a second extremity along a direction, wherein a section of said bar perpendicular to said direction and along substantially a length of said bar from the first to the second extremity has an outer periphery on said convex outer surface that is a portion of a circle, a rectangle, a trapezoid or a triangle;
a sheet removably attached to the bar covering said outer surface of the bar, said sheet being made in a material having a texture for simulating a biological tissue.
2. The device according to claim 1 , comprising at least one block disposed on said upper part of said bar or on a lateral face of said bar.
3. The device according to claim 1 , comprising a support plate, said bar being fixed on said support plate.
4. The device according to claim 1 , comprising at least one block disposed on said upper part of said bar or on a lateral face of said bar and a support plate, said bar being detachably mounted on said support plate.
5. The device according to claim 2 , wherein said bar comprises at least one hole for inserting said at least one block.
6. The device according to claim 2 , wherein said at least one block is fixed on said bar.
7. The device according to claim 2 , wherein said at least one block is detachably mounted on said bar.
8. The device according to claim 2 , wherein said bar, said support plate and said at least one block are in one piece.
9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the material of said sheet includes
an elastomer;
an imitation leather;
a fabric; or
a plastic.
10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said sheet has a thickness from 0.1 to 5 mm.
11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the thickness is about 0.7 mm.
12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the anatomical element is a bone, an upper maxillary or a mandible.
13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the bar represents the anatomical element without replicating the anatomical element.
14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said direction is straight.
15. A pedagogical device for incisions and sutures for practicing different incision and suture techniques performed in human or animal surgery, the device comprising:
a bar presenting an upper part having a convex outer surface representing an anatomical element;
a sheet removably attached to the bar covering said outer surface of the bar, said sheet being made in a material having a texture for simulating a biological tissue, wherein the bar is a straight bar.
16. The device according to claim 15 , comprising at least one block disposed on said upper part of said bar or on a lateral face of said bar.
17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein said bar comprises at least one hole for inserting said at least one block.
18. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the material of said sheet includes
an elastomer;
an imitation leather;
a fabric; or
a plastic.
19. A pedagogical device for incisions and sutures for practicing different incision and suture techniques performed in human or animal surgery, the device comprising:
a bar presenting an upper part having a convex outer surface representing an anatomical element and optionally having at least one cavity formed on the outer surface, said bar extending from a first to a second extremity along a direction, wherein a section of said bar perpendicular to said direction and along a length of said bar from the first to the second extremity and outside said optionally at least one cavity is substantially the same;
a sheet removably attached to the bar covering said outer surface of the bar, said sheet being made in a material having a texture for simulating a biological tissue.
20. The device according to claim 19 , comprising at least one block disposed on said upper part of said bar or on a lateral face of said bar.
21. The device according to claim 20 , wherein said bar comprises at least one hole for inserting said at least one block.
22. The device according to claim 19 , wherein the material of said sheet includes
an elastomer;
an imitation leather;
a fabric; or
a plastic.
23. The device according to claim 19 , wherein said direction is straight.