Patient multimedia display

• US 20060074305A1
• Filed: 09/30/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Varian Medical Systems Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Varian Medical Systems Technologies Inc (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Mostafavi, Hassan
• Application Number:
  US10/956,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20060074305A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/428
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/113 occurring during breathing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/032 Transmission computed tomography [CT]

Abstract

An apparatus for prompting a patient includes a structure configured to be mounted to a patient support, an image source, and a screen coupled to the structure, wherein the screen is positionable relative to the image source. A method of prompting a patient that is being supported on a patient support includes adjusting a position of a screen relative to an image source, the screen having a surface, placing the screen in front of the patient such that the patient can see the surface, and using the screen to present a prompting signal to the patient.

Claims

1. An apparatus for prompting a patient, comprising:

a structure configured to be mounted to a patient support;

an image source; and

a screen coupled to the structure, wherein the screen is positionable relative to the image source.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image source comprises a flat panel screen or a monitor screen.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image source comprises a projector.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screen comprises a mirror surface.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screen does not comprise a mirror surface.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the structure comprises a first arm and a second arm movable relative to the first arm, wherein the screen is secured to the second arm, and the first arm is configured to be secured to the patient support.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a securing mechanism for securing the structure to the patient support.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a processor coupled to the image source.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to cause the image source to display the image for patient prompting.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the image comprises a visual signal for prompting the patient to control the patient'"'"'s breathing.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screen is translatable relative to the image source.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screen is rotatable relative to the image source.

13. An apparatus for displaying visual signal for prompting a patient, comprising:

a structure configured to be mounted to a patient support; and

a screen having a first side, a second side, and a surface between the first and the second sides, wherein the first side is closer to the patient support than the second side when the structure is mounted to the patient support, and the screen is secured to the structure at the second side.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the screen comprises a flat panel screen or a monitor screen.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the screen does not include circuitry.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the surface comprises a mirror surface.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the surface does not comprises a mirror surface.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising an image source for providing an image to prompt the patient.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the image source comprises a flat panel screen or a monitor screen.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the image source comprises a projector.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a processor coupled to the image source.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to cause the image source to display the image for patient prompting.

23. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the screen is rotatably secured to the structure.

24. A method of prompting a patient that is being supported on a patient support, comprising:

adjusting a position of a screen relative to an image source, the screen having a surface;

placing the screen in front of the patient such that the patient can see the surface; and

using the screen to present an image to the patient for prompting the patient.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the screen does not have circuitry.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the surface comprises a mirror surface.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the image source comprises a flat panel screen or a monitor screen.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the flat panel screen or the monitor screen is configured to display the image in reverse such that the patient can see a reflection of the image in a non-reverse manner using the mirror surface.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein the surface does not comprise a mirror surface.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the image source comprises a projector.

31. The method of claim 24, wherein the image comprises a visual signal for prompting the patient to control the patient'"'"'s breathing.