Method of and system for health treatment

• US 20020156381A1
• Filed: 02/12/2002
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Versitech Limited (Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)
• Original Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
• Inventors: Goan, Ching Hui, Kao, Shang Ren Henry
• Granted Patent: US 6,855,112 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/485
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/375 using biofeedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4854 Diagnosis based on concepts of traditional oriental medicine
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of and a system for treating a health condition of a user. The method includes determining a sensory signal for use to treat the user'"'"'s health condition, measuring the change to the sensory signal while the user is engaging in an activity, and using the sensory signal change to regulate the user'"'"'s activity to thereby treat the user'"'"'s health condition. The system has a sensor device for measuring a sensory signal of the user while the user is engaging in an activity and a display device receiving the sensory signal measured by the sensor device and displaying the sensory signal. The change to the sensory signal is used to regulate the user'"'"'s activity to thereby treat the user'"'"'s health condition.

Claims

1. A method of treating a health condition of a user, comprising:

providing a graphic element for the user to compose a graphic production comprising the graphic element;

determining a sensory signal for use to treat the user'"'"'s health condition; and

measuring a change of the sensory signal while the user is composing the graphic production;

wherein the sensory signal change is used to regulate the user'"'"'s activities in composing the graphic production to thereby treat the user'"'"'s health condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensory signal is determined in accordance to the health condition to be treated.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the sensory signal is at least one of blood pressure, digital pulse volume, skin conductance, skin temperature, heart rate and pulse rate when the health condition is the user'"'"'s general health.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the sensory signal is at least one of digital pulse volume, skin temperature, skin conductance, blood pressure, pulse rate and heart rate when the health condition is the user'"'"'s emotional health.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the sensory signal is electroencephalogram when the health condition is the user'"'"'s cognitive health.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensory signal is selected from the group consisting of blood pressure, digital pulse volume, electroencephalogram, electrocardiogram, electromyogram, galvanic heart rate, pulse rate, respiration, skin conductance, skin response, skin temperature, and any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphic element is selected from the group consisting of characters, alphabets, scripts, numerals, geometric units, non-linguistic forms, and any combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the second sensory signal while the user is composing the graphic production.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising displaying the sensory signals in at least one of the forms of visual, auditory, tactile, and thermal signals.

10. A method for treating a health condition of a user, comprising:

determining a sensory signal for use to treat the user'"'"'s health condition;

measuring a change in the sensory signal while the user is engaging in an activity; and

using the sensory signal change to regulate the user'"'"'s activity to thereby treat the user'"'"'s health condition.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the change in the sensory signal is measured when the user is engaging in a handwriting activity.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the handwriting activity comprising tracing a graphic element.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the handwriting activity comprising copying a graphic element.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the change in the sensory signal is measured when the user is engaging in a free handwriting.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the handwriting activity comprising tracing a graphic element, copying a graphic element, and free handwriting.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the change in the sensory signal is measured when the user is handwriting a graphic element.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the graphic element is selected from the group consisting of characters, alphabets, scripts, numerals, geometric units, nonlinguistic forms, and any combination thereof.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the graphic element comprises a predetermined non-linguistic form.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the non-linguistic form is selected from the group consisting of drawings, cave writings, tokens, logos, symbols, and any combination thereof.

20. A system for treating a health condition of a user, comprising:

a sensor device for measuring a sensory signal of the user while the user is engaging in an activity; and

a display device receiving the sensory signal measured by the sensor device and displaying the sensory signal;

wherein the change to the sensory signal is used to regulate the user'"'"'s activity to thereby treat the user'"'"'s health condition.

21. The system of claim 20 further comprising an article used by the user when engaging in the activity.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein sensor device is built-in the article.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the article is selected from the group consisting of writing instruments, personal care devices, exercise devices, computer mouse, joy sticks, medical devices, hand-craft devices, household utensils, hand-tools, and any combination thereof.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the writing instrument is selected from the group consisting of pens, pencils, brushes, stylus, chalks, crayons, markers, and any combination thereof.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the display device generates at least one of the visual, auditory, tactile, and thermal signals.

26. The system of claim 21 further comprising a graphic element to be used by the user to compose a graphic production comprising the graphic element.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the graphic element is selected from the group consisting of characters, alphabets, scripts, numerals, geometric units, nonlinguistic forms, and any combination thereof.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the sensory signal is selected from the group consisting of blood pressure, digital pulse volume, electroencephalogram, electrocardiogram, electromyogram, galvanic heart rate, pulse rate, respiration, skin conductance, skin response, skin temperature, and any combination thereof.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein the sensor device measures a plurality of sensory signals.

30. The system of claim 29 comprising a plurality of sensor devices for use on a plurality of users.