Roger William Webster

US Patent:

20140315174, Oct 23, 2014

Filed:

Nov 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/357923

Inventors:

- University Park PA, US
Roger Webster - Millersville PA, US
Michael Fiorill - Lancaster PA, US

Assignee:

THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION - University Park PA

International Classification:

G09B 23/28

US Classification:

434262

Abstract:

A microsurgical simulation system includes a display for providing a virtual simulation of images of a model of a human eye and a hand-held tool for simulating a surgical tool. The hand-held tool comprises a position and orientation sensor for supplying positional signals to a processor to indicate a position and orientation of the hand held tool and a tracking system for supplying measurement signals to the processor to indicate a linear distance between a first component and a second component of the hand-held tool. A virtual representation of the hand-held tool is presented on the display, and the appearance and positioning of the virtual representation of the hand-held tool is based on the positional signals and measurement signals supplied to the processor by the hand-held device.