Combination Therapeutic products and systems

• US 20090269329A1
• Filed: 05/30/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Wood, Lowell L. JR., Hyde, Roderick A., Malamud, Mark A., Sweeney, Elizabeth A., Wood, Victoria Y.H., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Application Number:
  US12/156,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20090269329A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/130.100
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training

Abstract

Combination therapeutics, computer program products, and systems are described that include at least one combined prescription psychiatric medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating a psychiatric disorder

Claims

1. A combination therapeutic comprising:

at least one combined prescription psychiatric medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating a psychiatric disorder.

2. The combination therapeutic of claim 1 wherein the at least one combined prescription psychiatric medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating a psychiatric disorder comprises:

at least one combined prescription anti-depressant medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating a depression disorder.

4. The combination therapeutic of claim 1 wherein the at least one combined prescription psychiatric medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating a psychiatric disorder comprises:

at least one combined prescription attention deficit medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating an attention deficit disorder.

16. The combination therapeutic of any one of claims 1-15 wherein the at least one artificial sensory experience is suitable for implementation on a mobile device.

3. (canceled)

5. (canceled)

6. (canceled)

7. A combination therapeutic comprising:

at least one combined prescription blood pressure medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating high blood pressure.

8. A combination therapeutic comprising:

at least one combined prescription stress medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating a stress disorder.

9. (canceled)

10. A combination therapeutic comprising:

at least one combination prescription diet medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating an eating disorder.

11. A combination therapeutic comprising:

at least one combined prescription exercise program and at least one artificial sensory experience for enhancing the exercise program.

12. The combination therapeutic of claim 11 wherein the at least one combined prescription physical exercise program and at least one artificial sensory experience for enhancing the physical exercise program comprises:

at least one combined prescription physical exercise program and at least one artificial sensory experience for enhancing the physical exercise program.

13. A combination therapeutic comprising:

at least one combined prescription mental exercise program and at least one artificial sensory experience for enhancing the mental exercise program.

14. A combination therapeutic comprising:

at least one combined prescription treatment for the effects of isolation and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating isolation.

15. A combination therapeutic comprising:

at least one combined prescription treatment for erectile dysfunction and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating erectile dysfunction.

17. A computer program product comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing

one or more instructions for specifying at least one combined prescription psychiatric medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating a psychiatric disorder.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a computer-readable medium.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a recordable medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a communications medium.

21. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to

present at least one combined prescription psychiatric medication and at least one artificial sensory experience for treating a psychiatric disorder.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the computing device comprises:

one or more of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal entertainment device, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a tablet personal computer, a networked computer, a computing system comprised of a cluster of processors, a computing system comprised of a cluster of servers, a workstation computer, and/or a desktop computer.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the computing device is operable to accept the at least one attribute of the at least one individual and present the indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one artificial sensory experience from at least one memory.