US Patent Issued to EXAC AS on Sept. 15 for "Simulation doll" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,179, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to EXAC AS (Fredrikstad, Norway).

"Simulation doll" was invented by Grethe Heitmann (Fredrikstad, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haemorrhage training model is disclosed having at least one pump, a model torso with an abdominal region and an inguinal region, and a flexible simulated aorta in the abdominal region which forms an aortic simulation module. The pump is connected to the simulated aorta and arranged to periodically expand contract it. The simulated aorta is arranged in the abdominal region such that said expansion and contraction can be felt and located on the outer surface of ...