Hi-Fidelity, Neonatal Ultrasound Simulator (SIMBU)

Background

We developed India's first Hi-Fidelity Neonatal ultrasound simulator. This simulator is a game change in the way training is done for neonatal doctors, practitioners on how ultrasound scanning is done on neonates.

People who undertaken training on this Hi Fidelity simulator have given very positive feedback on the Quality of Ultrasound training, compared to the conventional method.

This ultrasound simulator is by far one of the most state of the art simulator developed in our lab!

Mimics Ultrasound scanning exactly similar to how it is done in real neonates. Effort of Several Neonatal Specialists and several technologists has gone into making this product.

Specifications

• Full Body, Hi-Fidelity, Ultrasound Simulator
• Supports all zones of medical interest in Lungs, Heart, Bladder, Head, Jugular scans
• Auto detects the zone in which probe is being held.
• State of the art Beam Cross-Section Illustrator based on the probe location, angle and tilt!
• Supports Normal, Doppler, Color, M-Mode scans in zones where medically relevant.
• Labels capability - Show labels of medical interest in the Ultrasound scans.
• Training/Demo Modes
• Probe Angle Indicator with reference to the body
• Probe Tilt Indicator with reference to the body
• Multiple Health Conditions for all zones (Head, Chest, Lungs, Bladder, Jugular).
• Exclusive buttons on the Simulator for:
  1. Normal
  2. Color
  3. Doppler
  4. M-Mode
• Exclusive buttons on the Simulator for:
  1. Normal health condition
  2. Two buttons to move from one health condition to other.
• State of the art touch screen based user interface
• Designed, Developed and Made proudly in India

This technology was developed for a startup company founded by a team of doctors called "NeoSCAN India".

This product uses a complex array of sensors to simulate the feel of actually doing ultrasound scan on a neonate baby. The Software and firmware has taken several man months to develop and several more man months to test and qualify.

The team of doctors at NeoScan have put in several man months effort to ensure that the data, scan views, cross section views, positions, tilts required are highly accurate, medically relevant and the entire experience of getting trained on SIMBU will bring out a better trained doctor!

How it was built?

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