To enable a user to carry out the diagnosis education of the gestation period, stage of delivery and puerperal period and the practice of technique by providing the above model with a structure having a touch approximate to the touch of the living body of the pregnant women and nursing mothers and a structure simulating the function as the pregnant women and nursing mothers, mounting the hip joint and knee joint at the lower limbs to make leg opening free and making it possible to freely adjust the movement and fixation of the hip joint by imparting hardness and softness thereto.
The whole body model of the pregnant women and nursing mothers consists of a head 1, a chest 2, an abdomen 3, a hypogastric region 4, the hip joint 5 and limbs 6. The chest 2 is provided with movable breasts having bulging and the mimic mammary glands are built therein. The abdomen 3 and the hypogastric region 4 are formed of epidermis 10 as an attachment and detachment type and are internally provided with hypogastric region cavities to allow the insertion of a fetus model and uterus model. The fetus model is inserted into the hypogastric region cavities to enable the measurement of the fundamental of uterus. The hypogastric region 4 is provided with the vulva of an attachment and detachment system. The fetus model is pushed out into the birth canal, by which the practice of help at the time of delivery may be carried out. The lower limbs are provided with the hip joint and knee joint to make the legs movable.
MATSUOKA MEGUMI
OKUYAMA SHINJI
SATO AKIRA
TAKAHASHI FUTOSHI
