Operating Room Educational Television "OReduTV"

• US 20080098424A1
• Filed: 05/07/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lanny L. Johnson
• Original Assignee: Lanny L. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Lanny L.
• Granted Patent: US 7,572,127 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/36 Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/80 Implements for cleaning or washing the skin of surgeons or patients
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

An apparatus for viewing information includes a wireless interactive monitor including a screen for displaying the information and adapted to receive the information wirelessly and a surgeon scrub sink for allowing a surgeon to sterilize the hands of the surgeon, positioned under the wireless interactive monitor.

Claims

1. An apparatus for viewing information, comprising:

a wireless interactive monitor including a screen for displaying said information and adapted to receive said information from a memory;

a surgeon scrub sink for allowing a surgeon and/or hospital personnel to sterilize the hands of the surgeon, positioned under said wireless interactive monitor;

said memory having received said information wirelessly.

2. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 1, wherein said information is received from a video-output device.

3. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 1, wherein said information is associated with medical, surgical and pharmaceutical information.

4. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 1, wherein said wireless interactive monitor response to voice commands.

5. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 1, wherein said wireless interactive monitor displays a menu to select video.

6. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 1, wherein said wireless interactive monitor displays a menu to select audio.

7. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 1, wherein said wireless interactive monitor displays a menu to select video and audio.

8. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 1, wherein said surgeon scrub sink detects the presence or absence of the user.

9. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 8, wherein said surgeon scrub sink activates said wireless interactive monitor when a user is present.

10. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 8, wherein said surgeon scrub sink shuts off said wireless interactive monitor when the user is not present.

11. An apparatus for viewing information, comprising:

a wireless interactive monitor including a screen for displaying said information and adapted to receive said information wirelessly;

a surgeon 3-D vision apparatus for allowing a surgeon to view a 3-D image;

wherein said 3-D vision apparatus is coupled to said wireless interactive monitor.

12. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 11, wherein said information is received from a video-output device.

13. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 11, wherein said information is associated with pharmaceutical information.

14. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 11, wherein said wireless interactive monitor response to voice commands.

15. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 11, wherein said wireless interactive monitor displays a menu to select video.

16. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 11, wherein said wireless interactive monitor displays a menu to select audio.

17. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 11, wherein said wireless interactive monitor displays a menu to select video and audio.