Abstract
Blood sampling is frequently performed in clinical inspections and blood donations. There are 2 ways to improve the skill of needle puncture: clinical experience and simulation training by using a human phantom. However trainee cannot practice positively in clinical site due to the subjects' burden. In addition, simulation training would not give difference of reaction force of venipuncturing between the subjects. In this study, a haptic device for novel venipuncture simulation training was prototyped. The device of human interface would reproduce various reaction forces of puncturing by using haptic technology. In addition, reaction force of puncturing against a biological tissue phantom has been measured with the device and represented as a restricted numerical model. As the results, the characteristic reaction force of puncturing was reproduced with the restricted numerical model. For the next step, viscoelastic characteristics of the tissue should be integrated to the numerical model to achieve further realistic reaction of needle puncture.
