INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SUSPENDED FOR PATIENT VIEWING
First Claim
1. A method for providing health care service to a patient, comprising the steps of, (a) providing an apparatus for receiving a patient in a resting position, (b) suspending an electronic display above the provided apparatus with the patient received therein in a resting position, (c) adjustably positioning said suspended electronic display whereby the electronic display may be conveniently viewed by the patient in the resting position in the apparatus while receiving health care service, said adjustably positioning including moving, in combination, said suspended electronic display, (i) in a first direction parallel to the translation axis, and (ii) in a second direction orthogonal to, and coplanar with, the first direction, and (d) providing an electronic input member for use by the patient in controlling video presented by the electronic display.
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Abstract
A method for providing health care service to a patient includes: providing an apparatus for receiving a patient in a resting position; suspending an electronic display above the provided apparatus with the patient received therein in a resting position; adjustably positioning the suspended electronic display whereby the electronic display may be conveniently viewed by the patient in the resting position in the apparatus while receiving health care service; and providing an electronic input member for use by the patient in controlling video presented by the electronic display. The adjustably positioning includes moving, in combination, the suspended electronic display in a first direction parallel to the translation axis, and in a second direction orthogonal to, and coplanar with, the first direction.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for providing health care service to a patient, comprising the steps of,
(a) providing an apparatus for receiving a patient in a resting position, (b) suspending an electronic display above the provided apparatus with the patient received therein in a resting position, (c) adjustably positioning said suspended electronic display whereby the electronic display may be conveniently viewed by the patient in the resting position in the apparatus while receiving health care service, said adjustably positioning including moving, in combination, said suspended electronic display, (i) in a first direction parallel to the translation axis, and (ii) in a second direction orthogonal to, and coplanar with, the first direction, and (d) providing an electronic input member for use by the patient in controlling video presented by the electronic display.
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21. A method for providing health care service to a patient, comprising utilizing an electronic display to present video to a patient in a resting position while the patient is receiving health care service, the electronic display assembly comprising,
(a) a carriage movable along a translation axis, (b) a pivot arm coupled to said carriage, said pivot arm pivotable about a pivot axis, and (c) a subassembly coupled to said pivot arm, said subassembly including, (i) an electronic display for presenting video, said electronic display adjustably positionable both, (A) along said translation axis by movement of said carriage along said translation axis, and (B) about said pivot axis by movement of said pivot arm about said pivot axis, and (ii) an electronic input member.
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