DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED ENHANCED CARE ROOMS

• US 20150294067A1
• Filed: 04/14/2014
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Kare, Jordin T., Kindsvogel, Wayne R., Sweeney, Elizabeth A.
• Application Number:
  US14/251,984
• Publication Number:
  US 20150294067A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0016 by the smell sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0022 by the tactile sense, e.g. vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0027 by the hearing sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/005 images, e.g. video
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0066 with heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 21/02 for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia for massage A61H; electrotherapy A61N, e.g. applying alternating or intermittent electric currents for producing anaesthesia A61N1/36021
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3303 Using a biosensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3306 Optical measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3317 Electromagnetic, inductive or dielectric measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3331 Pressure; Flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/04 Heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/10 Electroencephalographic signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/18 Rapid eye-movements [REM]
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/50 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/65 Impedance, e.g. conductivity, capacity
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2240/00 Specially adapted for neonatal use
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 : relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 : for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods related to determining beneficial and customized surroundings for a subject in a healthcare setting or related type setting, based at least in part on the subject'"'"'s personal profile including one or more of personal health information, detected biological data, input from the subject itself, or input from a healthcare worker.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more computing devices having a non-transitory signal bearing medium operable to

accept data related to a subject;

convert the data related to a subject into a personal profile;

compare the subject'"'"'s personal profile to at least one Environmental Supplement dataset for dynamically enhancing the subject'"'"'s healthcare setting;

select at least one Environmental Supplement that correlates as beneficial to the subject based on the comparison;

generate output related to the selected at least one Environmental Supplement.

2. The system of claim 1, further including comparing the subject'"'"'s personal profile to at least one personal profile dataset of one or more other subject'"'"'s personal profiles prior to comparing with the at least one Environmental Supplement dataset.

3. The system of claim 2, further including selecting at least one matching or correlating second personal profile from the personal profile dataset prior to comparing with the at least one Environmental Supplement dataset.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the output includes one or more suggestions or options to the subject or a healthcare worker for one or more Environmental Supplement determined to be beneficial to the subject'"'"'s health.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more Environmental Supplements include one or more customized settings for at least one of temperature;

lightness or darkness;

humidity;

vibration or other movement, influx of fresh air from outdoors or filtered air, images, sounds, or scents.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes one or more devices for providing one or more Environmental Supplements including at least one of an audio delivery device or visual display device.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the data related to the subject includes at least one of personal health records, input from one or more sensors, input from at least one healthcare worker, or input from the subject.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of an EEG, EKG, pupillometer, blood pressure sensor, ultrasound, bioimpedance sensor, infrared thermometer, audio sensor, visual sensor, acoustic sensor, optical sensor, electromagnetic energy sensor, image sensor, photodiode array, charge-coupled device (CCD), complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device, optical recognition sensor, infrared sensor, radio frequency component sensor, thermo sensor, pressure sensor, or three-dimensional sensor.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the data related to the subject includes at least one of sensed data, stored data, or broadcast data.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the selected Environmental Supplements are altered based on cyclic aspects correlated with the data related to the subject or a specific time period.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the cyclic aspects include cycling one or more Environmental Supplements on a regular schedule as determined by the data related to the subject or a specific time period.

28. The system of claim 1, further including providing instructions for altering the subject'"'"'s surroundings to correspond to the selected Environmental Supplements if a condition threshold has been satisfied.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the condition threshold includes one or more of time, a change in the subject'"'"'s status, or request by the subject.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein a change in the subject'"'"'s status includes one or more of a change in a health status, alert status, sleep status, requirement or desire status.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the accepting data includes continuous input of data related to the subject.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein the Environmental Supplement includes mimicry of a dynamic spatial or temporal image.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the dynamic spatial or temporal image includes at least one of an image of daylight turning to darkness, darkness turning to daylight, moonlight waxing or waning, or an image of traveling on land, air, or sea.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is controlled at least partially by remote control.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein accepting the data related to the subject is conducted by manual input.

36. The system of claim 1, wherein the data related to the subject includes information relayed by one or more of a camera or location tracking system.

37. The system of claim 1, wherein the setting of the subject includes at least one of a hospital inpatient room, hospital or clinic outpatient room, labor/delivery room, neonate room, intensive care unit, emergency room, psychiatric ward/room, pediatric ward/room, diagnostic ward/room, examination ward/room, cancer treatment center, Alzheimer'"'"'s unit, eldercare unit, or long term care facility with a room, apartment, or other living area occupied by a subject.

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82. A system, comprising:

one or more computing devices having a non-transitory signal bearing medium operable to

accept data related to a subject;

compare the subject'"'"'s data to at least one Environmental Supplement dataset for enhancing the subject'"'"'s healthcare setting;

select at least one Environmental Supplement that correlates as beneficial to the subject based on the comparison;

generate a value related to the determined at least one Environmental Supplement

reinitiate accepting data related to a subject, comparing the data with an Environmental Supplement dataset, and select at least one Environmental Supplement that correlates as beneficial to the subject based on the comparison until the comparison satisfies a threshold condition;

communicate to a user an output indicative of at least one selected Environmental Supplement based on the comparison.

83. The system of claim 82, further including comparing the subject'"'"'s personal profile to at least one personal profile dataset of one or more other subject'"'"'s personal profiles prior to comparing with the at least one Environmental Supplement dataset.

84. The system of claim 83, further including selecting at least one matching or correlating second personal profile from the personal profile dataset prior to comparing with the at least one Environmental Supplement dataset.

85. The system of claim 82, wherein the output includes one or more suggestions or options for one or more Environmental Supplement determined to be beneficial to the subject'"'"'s health.

86. The system of claim 82, wherein the one or more Environmental Supplements include one or more customized settings for at least one of temperature;

lightness or darkness;

humidity;

vibration or other movement, influx of fresh air from outdoors or filtered air, images, sounds, or scents.

87. The system of claim 82, wherein the devices for providing one or more Environmental Supplements include at least one of an audio delivery device or visual display device.

99. The system of claim 82, wherein the data related to the subject includes at least one of personal health records, input from one or more sensors, input from at least one healthcare worker, or input from the subject.

100. The system of claim 99, wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of an EEG, EKG, pupillometer, blood pressure, ultrasound, bioimpedance, infrared thermometry, audio, visual, acoustic sensors, optical sensors, electromagnetic energy sensors, image sensors, photodiode arrays, charge-coupled devices (CCDs), complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) devices, optical recognition sensors, infrared sensors, radio frequency component sensors, thermo sensors, pressure sensors, or three-dimensional sensors.

104. The system of claim 82, wherein the data related to the subject includes at least one of sensed data, stored data, or broadcast data.

105. The system of claim 82, wherein the selected Environmental Supplements are altered based on cyclic aspects correlated with the data related to the subject or a specific time period.

106. The system of claim 105, wherein the cyclic aspects include cycling one or more Environmental Supplements on a regular schedule as determined by the data related to the subject or a specific time period.

107. The system of claim 82, further including providing instructions for altering the subject'"'"'s surroundings to correspond to the selected Environmental Supplements if a condition threshold has been satisfied.

108. The system of claim 107, wherein the condition threshold includes one or more of time, change in the subject'"'"'s status, or request by the subject.

109. The system of claim 82, wherein the accepting data includes continuous input of data related to the subject.

110. The system of claim 82, wherein the Environmental Supplement includes mimicry of a dynamic spatial or temporal image.

111. The system of claim 110, wherein the dynamic spatial or temporal image includes at least one of an image of daylight turning to darkness, traveling on land, air, or sea.

112. The system of claim 82, wherein accepting the data related to the subject is conducted by remote control.

113. The system of claim 82, wherein accepting the data related to the subject is conducted by manual input.

114. The system of claim 82, wherein the setting of the subject includes at least one of a labor/delivery room, neonate room, intensive care unit, emergency room, psychiatric ward/room, pediatric ward/room, diagnostic ward/room, examination ward/room, cancer treatment center, Alzheimer'"'"'s unit, eldercare unit, or long term care facility with a room, apartment, or other living area occupied by a subject.

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