Abstract: A simulator for simulating a health condition comprises a body having a wall defining a cavity and at least a pair of electromechanical transducers disposed in the cavity. The pair of electromechanical transducers comprise mechanical components coupled to selected parts of the wall of the body. The pair of electromechanical transducers are configured to produce simulated bilateral movements of the selected parts of the wall of the body. The simulator further comprises a controlling device electrically communicating with the electromechanical transducers. The controlling device is configured to control the electromechanical transducers in response to a plurality of sets of electrical signals. Each set of electrical signals corresponding, respectively, to one of a plurality of health conditions. A relationship between corresponding bilateral movements of the selected parts of the wall of the body is different from one health condition to another health condition in the plurality of health conditions.

Abstract: A simulator for simulating a pulse in a manikin comprises a manikin body. The simulator further comprises a first magnet and a second magnet disposed opposite to each other and spaced apart from each other. The first magnet and second magnet comprise two juxtaposed first and second sub-magnets. The first and second juxtaposed sub-magnets in each magnet are oriented substantially in opposite directions. The first magnet and the second magnet are positioned such that the first sub-magnet of the first magnet is oriented substantially in a same direction as the first sub-magnet of the second magnet and such that the second sub-magnet of the first magnet is oriented substantially in a same direction as the second sub-magnet of the second magnet. The transducer further comprises an armature movably disposed between the first and second magnets. The armature comprises a frame and a solenoid wound adjacent a periphery of the frame. The transducer also comprises a rod attached to the frame of the armature.

Abstract: A method for generating a set of electrical signals representing a pulse in a simulator comprising a manikin includes creating a pulse profile, sampling the pulse profile, converting the pulse profile into a two dimensional data, performing a Fourier transform and transforming the two dimensional data to a Fourier series, introducing a phase shift to the Fourier transform of the two dimensional data, and performing an inverse Fourier transform.