Systems And Methods For An Adaptive And Interactive Healing Environment

• US 20130187768A1
• Filed: 01/23/2013
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gerard Eisterhold
• Original Assignee: Gerard Eisterhold
• Inventors: Eisterhold, Gerard
• Granted Patent: US 9,361,791 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/12.53
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0027 by the hearing sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/005 images, e.g. video
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 21/00 Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3303 Using a biosensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3306 Optical measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/58 Means for facilitating use, e.g. by people with impaired vision
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/04 Heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/20 Blood composition characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/50 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 Motion, e.g. physical activity
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/16 in which transmission is by pulses
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

A system and method for promoting enhanced healing of a medical patient includes a patient room having accommodations for the medical patient, a central computer connected to a media server, a main display located in the patient room, the main display connected to the central computer and including at least a navigation pane and a content pane, an audio system connected to the central computer and capable of providing sound to the patient room, and a remote unit directly accessible to the medical patient, the remote unit having a capability to control the central computer and a content of the main display and a content of the audio system.

Claims

1. A system for promoting enhanced healing of a medical patient, comprising:

a patient room including accommodations for the medical patient;

a central computer connected to a media server;

a main display located in the patient room, the main display connected to the central computer and including at least a navigation pane and a content pane;

an audio system connected to the central computer and capable of providing sound to the patient room; and

a remote unit directly accessible to the medical patient, the remote unit having a capability to control the central computer and a content of the main display and a content of the audio system.

2. The system of claim 1, the patient room comprising at least one of a lighting system, a camera, a microphone, and an environmental controller, wherein the least one of a lighting unit, a camera, a microphone, and an environmental controller are each controllable by the remote unit.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient room comprises at least one of a patient bed and a patient transport, wherein the least one of a patient bed and a patient transport are each controllable by the remote unit.

4. The system of claim 3, the audio system comprising at least one of a pillow speaker in the patient bed and a speaker in a headrest of the patient transport.

5. The system of claim 1, the main display comprising a navigation pane and a content pane.

6. The system of claim 1, the main display comprising at least one of a wall-mount unit and a free-standing unit.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the main display comprises a majority of a surface area of at least one wall of the patient room.

8. The system of claim 1, the remote unit comprising at least one of a laptop computer, a computer tablet, and a smartphone.

9. The system of claim 3, the remote unit comprising a swing arm attached to the patient bed or the patient transport, the swing arm capable of detachably holding the remote unit at a location for use by the medical patient.

10. The system of claim 9, the swing arm comprising a dock capable of allowing the remote unit to electronically interface with the central computer.

11. The system of claim 1, the remote unit comprising a protective casing.

12. The system of claim 5, the remote unit comprising a local display capable of mirroring at least one of the navigation pane and the content pane.

13. The system of claim 1, the remote unit comprising additional hardware and/or software for alleviating a vision impairment, a hearing impairment, a mobility impairment, and/or a speech impairment of the medical patient while utilizing the system.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote unit is capable of accessing the central computer by wi-fi or other radio signal, infrared, and/or ultrasonic communication means, and/or by electrical connection.

15. A method of promoting enhanced healing of a medical patient in a patient room, the patient room including an interactive display and access to a central computer, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) measuring health-related parameters of the medical patient;

(b) recording the measured health-related parameters in the central computer;

(c) displaying the measured health-related parameters on the interactive display;

(d) repeating steps (a)-(c) a plurality of times to collect a series of measured health-related parameters over time;

(e) plotting on the interactive display the series of measured health-related parameters as a chart or a graph.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the health-related parameters comprise one or more of pain level, mobility, mood, strength, dexterity, blood pressure, pulse, blood enzymes, and temperature.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein, in the step of displaying, a displayed quantity of different health-related parameters is selectable by the medical patient.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein, in the step of plotting, a plurality of different series of measured health-related parameters is plotted simultaneously on the interactive display, a quantity of the plurality of different series being selectable by the medical patient.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the recorded health-related parameters are accessible to the medical patient at a remote computer.

20. A system for promoting enhanced healing of a medical patient, comprising:

a patient room including an interactive room display and accommodations for the medical patient;

an atrium accessible to the medical patient;

an access corridor connecting the patient room to the atrium, the access including a plurality of interactive corridor displays;

a central computer capable of networking the interactive room display with the interactive corridor displays; and

a remote unit directly accessible to the medical patient, the remote unit having a capability to interact with the interactive room display and the plurality of interactive corridor displays directly, or through the central computer.

21. The system of claim 20, the atrium comprising a real garden, or a virtual garden displayed on an interactive atrium display.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the central computer is capable of networking the interactive atrium display with the interactive room display and the plurality of interactive corridor displays.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein individual ones of the plurality of interactive corridor displays are capable of detecting a proximity of the remote unit to a nearest one of the plurality interactive corridor displays and thereby direct the medical patient to or from the patient room and the atrium.