High-fidelity veterinary simulation hardware powered by a real-time physiology engine. Responses are computed from the patient's state - not scripted. The same scenario never plays out the same way twice.
The full-system mannequin and standalone procedural trainers share a common design philosophy: anatomical accuracy, real equipment compatibility, and tactile fidelity that holds up under clinical scrutiny.
A complete canine emergency simulator with a model-driven physiology engine. Designed for the first 10–15 minutes of critical care presentations. Responses are emergent & computed in real time from the patient's physiological state.
Discrete anatomical models for high-repetition procedural practice. Built with medical-grade silicone for tactile and anatomical fidelity. Available as catalog models or custom builds. Each trainer is compatible with standard clinical equipment.
The physiology engine is the architectural core of the full-system mannequin. Most training simulators play back a scenario: a pre-recorded sequence of vitals with branch points a technician triggers. This engine runs a model instead. Named physiological quantities - blood volume, cardiac output, sympathetic tone, drug plasma concentration, and more - are connected by real equations and recalculated numerous times every second. No clinical outcome is ever written into the code as a rule. It has to emerge from the underlying variables, or it doesn't happen.
Heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output, and systemic vascular resistance are continuously solved. Interventions shift the state - the engine propagates the consequences forward.
Drug interactions emerge naturally from the model rather than being hard-coded. Every drug acts only on named physiological mechanisms - contractility, chronotropy, SVR, respiratory drive. If a trainee gives atropine for a bradycardia caused by hypoxia, the heart rate doesn't come up, because atropine and hypoxic bradycardia work through two different pathways in the model.
Respiratory mechanics, oxygenation, and CO₂ clearance are modeled alongside cardiovascular state and other parameters. Autonomic compensatory responses emerge from the coupled system.
The primary training scenario is validated against RECOVER CPR guidelines, built into the engine directly. Compression depth, rate, and chest recoil are sensed and scored - efficacy directly influences perfusion pressure in the model.
Every parameter is calculated in real time using industry accepted mathematical expressions.
Frank–Starling Stroke Volume
Stroke volume saturates with filling pressure and falls as afterload rises. A real saturating curve recomputed every 100 ms, not a lookup table.
Baroreflex Lag
One ODE is the entire baroreflex: a first-order lag toward a sigmoid target of blood-pressure error. Why heart rate climbs as pressure falls, and why the reflex exhausts in decompensated shock.
Hill / Emax Dose–Response
Every drug's effect on every physiological hook uses this same saturating binding curve. A new drug is a new set of numbers in a catalog file. The solver never changes.
Physical exam findings on the mannequin are driven by the physiology engine - not preset states. What the trainee detects depends on where the patient is physiologically at that moment.
Bilateral femoral, dorsal pedal, and lingual pulse sites. Pulse character, rate, and rhythm reflect real-time cardiac output. Pulse deficits and arrhythmia-associated changes are physically detectable.
Embedded speakers deliver cardiac and pulmonary sounds that reflect the physiology engine state in real time. Asynchronous rhythms - like PEA vs. VF - are distinguishable by auscultation vs. pulse palpation.
Extremity temperature differs from core temperature as a physical finding in low-perfusion states. Sensor-confirmed readings at standard clinical assessment sites.
Pupillary light reflex and menace response are simulated. Pupil dilation state and PLR reactivity reflect the neurological status computed by the physiology engine.
Dynamic MM color display reflects modeled perfusion, oxygenation, and shock state - transitioning from pink through pale, white, and cyanotic or icteric as appropriate to the scenario.
Internal bladder inflation synchronized to the modeled respiratory rate produces visible chest rise. Rate and quality change with clinical interventions and physiological deterioration.
No proprietary adapters. No simulation-only equipment. Standard clinical tools work on the mannequin without modification - eliminating the muscle memory mismatch between simulation and clinical practice.
Compression depth, rate, and chest recoil are sensed and scored during CPR. Efficacy directly influences modeled perfusion pressure and resuscitation outcome. Instructor and trainee see performance metrics in real time during the scenario - and can review them in debrief. The physiology engine means a given compression sequence produces different outcomes depending on the patient's state at the time.
The simulated patient monitor replicates the interface and waveforms trainees encounter in clinical practice. Trainees learn to interpret a display that is similar in structure and layout to many common veterinary telemetry machines. Every value on screen is live output from the physiology engine.
Each trainer is built with medical-grade silicone for tactile and anatomical fidelity. Compatible with standard clinical equipment - no proprietary tools required. Available as catalog models or custom builds.
Anatomically accurate laryngeal geometry with arytenoid cartilages modeled for realistic resistance. Replaceable ventral neck dissection panels. Integrates with the full mannequin or used standalone.
Pressurized vascular system produces blood flash into the syringe hub, confirming vessel entry as on a live patient. Anatomically accurate vessel placement, tissue depth, and vessel roll. Repeated use with replaceable vessel inserts.
Bilateral pleural space compartments with fluid and gas character feedback. Compressible chest wall with anatomically appropriate intercostal spacing. Supports both needle and tube approaches.
Fluid-filled pericardial compartment with tamponade simulation. Anatomically referenced depth and resistance cues for the subxiphoid approach. Supports pericardial sac puncture and aspiration.
Layered abdominal wall with fluid-filled organ analogs. Supports abdominocentesis in a four-quadrant approach and cystocentesis with bladder puncture and aspiration.
Gelatin/silicone composite construction for ultrasound signal fidelity. Hepatorenal, splenorenal, pericardial, and urinary views. Includes mock fluid collections for positive-finding training.
DVMiQ Simulation accepts custom build requests from veterinary institutions, residency programs, and educators. Custom projects begin with a scoping consultation.
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The physiology engine is actively undergoing automated & rigorous testing by veterinary professionals. A formal face-validity review with board-certified veterinary criticalists will be required before release. DVMiQ Simulation is not yet available for purchase - institutions and practices interested in early access or pre-release partnership are encouraged to reach out now.
DVMiQ Simulation is actively taking pre-release inquiries from veterinary schools, residency programs, and clinical skills labs. Let's start the conversation.