Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fetal heartbeat phantom
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Application No.: US15815000Application Date: 2017-11-16
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Publication No.: US10524762B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Zackary J. Kent
- Applicant: Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Applicant Address: US OH Wright-Patterson AFB
- Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Current Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Wright-Patterson AFB
- Agency: AFMCLO/JAZ
- Agent Chastity Whitaker
- Main IPC: G09B23/28
- IPC: G09B23/28 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B5/0444 ; A61B8/02 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B5/00 ; G16H50/50

Abstract:
A phantom for simulating fetal heartbeat. The phantom includes a housing and a fetal heartbeat simulator. The housing has an exterior shaped like a female human pelvic region and surrounds an interior. The fetal heartbeat simulator includes a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being positioned within the interior of the housing. The tube is filled with a first fluid having a first compressibility. A second fluid, having a compressibility that is greater than the compressibility of the first fluid, is disposed at the distal end of the tube. A pressure mechanism operably coupled to the proximal end of the tube is configured to selectively compress and decompress the first and second fluids.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190142369A1 FETAL HEARTBEAT PHANTOM Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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