US Patent 10580327 Hernia model and surgical training system

An embodiment of a system for anatomical training includes a portable base unit, a flexible simulated abdominal wall module, a flexible simulated cutaneous module and a simulated hernia module. An embodiment of a method of assembling a system includes attaching a flexible simulated abdominal wall module to a portable base unit, attaching a flexible simulated cutaneous module to one or more of the simulated abdominal wall module or the portable base unit, and positioning a simulated hernia to be extended through an opening in the simulated abdominal wall module. An embodiment of a method of using a system includes forming an opening in a flexible simulated cutaneous module, locating a simulated hernia extending through an opening in an underlying simulated abdominal wall module, performing a repair of the simulated hernia, and closing the opening in the simulated cutaneous module.