November 16, 2009
Pregnant Robot Helped Train Medical Students
One of the most critical chapter of a woman's life is pregnancy, because she's caring not only for her own life but of the unborn child as well. Medical specialists ensure complete health care are provided for both the mother and baby.
However, during delivery complications may arise, such as pre-term/unscheduled delivery, cord coil, displacia and preeclampsia or toxemia. All of these require special attention from the doctors. That's why hospitals and health providers are well trained to avoid such high-risk complications.
At John Hopkins hospitals a robotic birth simulator named Noelle has just been hired in order to provide actual delivery training to medical students. Noelle has all of the necessary vitals, even breathing and a pulse. She even has the proper anatomy which is functionally correct. Therefore she is able to simulate a wide variety of delivery situations to train those who deliver babies.
She is an interactive female with one birthing baby and one interactive neonate, the neonate also interacts in a way that it changes color with positive pressure ventilation (PPV). The whole simulator package is equipped with the necessary stuffs needed for a life-like actual birthing to happen.
The idea of a birthing simulator is conceived by Florida-based Gaumard Scientific Company in order to provide actual training to medical students and doctors as well.
Click here to read the full story.
Here is the video of the actual birth scene simulated by Noelle at the John Hopkins hospital courtesy of youtube.
Written by: John
Filed Under: Robotics
Tags: Anatomy, Babies, Birth Scene, Complete Health Care, Displacia, Doctors, Health Providers, High Risk, Hospitals, John Hopkins Hospital, Medical Doctors, Medical Specialists, Medical Students, Mother And Baby, Neonate, Preeclampsia, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Pressure Ventilation, Robot, Stuffs, Unborn Child, Vitals
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Wholesale medical
September 10, 2010 at 8:46 pm
I was reading that Noelle, can give birth 23 times a day, cost about $13,000 – $38,000 for the full fledged model. The only thing that Noelle can’t duplicate is what a mother would normally during the delivery like, “I hate you” and “get this thing out”. Hehehe…..
Here’s a list of all the features Noelle can do now.
NOELLE® features
* Includes Newborn HAL®
* Control NOELLE® and Newborn HAL® at distances up to 100 meters
* Each smoothly transitions between physiologic states in response to commands from a wireless PC
* Airway, breathing and circulation
* Vertex, breech and C-section deliveries
* Shoulder dystocia and PPH
* Dynamic perinatal monitor
* Maternal and neonatal vital signs monitors
* Control NOELLE® between rooms and floors of buildings
* NOELLE® smoothly transitions between physiologic states in response to commands from a wireless PC
* Use our scenarios or quickly generate your own
* Blood pressure and oxygen saturation can be taken bilaterally using REAL equipment
* Multiple heart and respiratory sounds
* Pulses are continuous and synchronized with ECG
* Speech and convulsions
* Caregiver actions time stamped and logged
* Evaluate actions with a single click and insert notes in a real time performance log
NOELLE®’s Newborn HAL® features
* Breathing and pulses
* Color and vital signs that are responsive to hypoxic events and inter ventions
* Physiologic modeling and trending
Normal Vaginal & Instrumented Delivery
* Fetus descends and rotates internally as it moves down the birth canal
* Extensible birth canal with catheterization and programmable hemorrhage
* Fetal external rotation aligns shoulders with birth canal
* New fetal head skin for use with most vacuum devices and forceps
Shoulder Dystocia
* Use delivery Profile Control to specify exactly when the “turtle sign” will occur and how long you allow students to deal with this dilemma
* Relieve dystocia using suprapubic pressure, McRobert’s maneuver, posterior arm sweep, fetal rotation or “elbows/knees” position
Intrapartum Modeling or Trending
* Use our physiologic model that controls skin color and vital signs
* Trend color and vital signs as you wish
* New “branching” scenarios
File Sharing
* Provide students with images such as ultrasound images, CT scans, lab results, or even multimedia presentations as the scenario progresses
Breech Delivery
* Practice vaginal breech deliveries
* Learn to free the legs using Pinard maneuver
* Once delivered the neonate may require resuscitation
* Change maternal vital signs or fetal heart tones during the scenario
C-Section
* Special abdominal cover has tissue layers students can dissect
* Practice delivery of either vertex or breech presentation
* Change vital signs and fetal heart tones with this or any other scenario “ on the fly”
Episiotomy Repair
* Deliveries may require an episiotomy to prevent an uncontrolled tear of the vulva
* These reusable repair modules also feature tears of the labia and periurethra
Postpartum Hemorrhage and Fundal Massage
* This postpartum uterus bleeds through cervical os and cervix
* The uterus can be massaged and it shrinks. Instructor then reduces bleeding
* Programmable PPH with flow from refillable internal tank
Airway
* Oral and nasal intubation
* Use an ET tube or LMA
* Uni or bilateral chest rise
* Multiple upper airway sounds
Breathing
* Control rate/depth of respiration
* Ventilation is measured and logged
* Independent left and right lung sounds
* Breath sounds
Circulation and color change
* Multiple heart sounds, rates, intensities
* Chest compressions measured/logged
* Blood pressure and IV
* Color, vital signs, and motion respond to hypoxic events and interventions
* Umbilical, brachial, and scalp pulses operate continuously
* Pulse strengths vary with blood pressure and pulses are synchronized with ECG
More Newborn Features
* Crying and convulsions
* View ECGs with physiologic variations generated in real-time
* Conductive skin regions
* Apply real electrodes
* Vigorous cry synchronized with breathing
* Programmable arm motion
* Bowel sounds
* Great for APGAR scoring