SCENT SYSTEM FOR AMBIENT EXPERIENCE

• US 20150320965A1
• Filed: 06/04/2013
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: VAN GRONINGEN, WILHELMUS DANIEL HYACINTHUS, GILLIES, MURRAY FULTON, VAN KOLLENBURG, PETER ARNOLD MARIA
• Application Number:
  US14/405,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20150320965A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0016 by the smell sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0027 by the hearing sense
• 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 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/005 Parameter used as control input for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 Motion, e.g. physical activity

Abstract

The invention regards a system (102, 502, 702, 802) for generating an ambient healing environment in a room (101, 701, 801) for performing a medical procedure. For that purpose the system comprises a primary scent supply mechanism (104, 508, 708, 804) configured for providing a patient (105, 805) with consecutive batches of scent (204, 206, 208, 304, 306, 308, 404, 406, 408). The system furthermore comprises a controller (106, 510, 710, 806) arranged for controlling the primary scent supply mechanism (104, 508, 708, 804) such that it provides during operation the consecutive batches of scent intermittently according to a primary time sequence (202, 302, 402, 602, 902).

Claims

1. A system for generating an ambient healing environment in a room, comprising:

a primary scent supply mechanism configured for providing a patient with consecutive batches of scent,

a controller arranged for controlling the primary scent supply mechanism such that it provides during operation the consecutive batches of scent intermittently according to a primary time sequence,

a sensor for generating a measurement signal indicative for an amount of scent in the room for performing a medical procedure,

and wherein the controller is configured for adapting in response to the measurement signal a period of time between consecutive batches of scent or

a size of the consecutive batches of scent.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to initiate the primary supply time sequence in response to detecting the patient has entered the room for performing a medical procedure.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to terminate the primary supply time sequence in response to detecting the patient has left the room for performing a medical procedure.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to initiate extracting scent from the room for performing a medical procedure in response to detecting the patient has left said room.

7. The system according to claim 1, furthermore comprising a user interface for selecting the scent.

8. The system according to claim 1, furthermore comprising a head set, configured for being worn by the patient during the performance of the medical procedure, incorporating the primary scent supply mechanism.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the head set furthermore comprises a scent extraction mechanism configured for extracting scent, and wherein the controller is configured for controlling the extracting of scent according to an extraction time sequence.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the head set incorporates the primary scent supply mechanism and the scent extraction mechanism such that these are on mutually opposite sides of a patient'"'"'s nasal organ when the head set is being worn by the patient.

11. The system according to claim 1, furthermore comprising a table top, configured for being mounted at a patient table near a patient'"'"'s nasal organ during the performance of the medical procedure, incorporating the primary scent supply mechanism.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the table top furthermore comprises a scent extraction mechanism configured for extracting scent, and wherein the controller is configured for controlling the extracting of scent according to an extraction time sequence.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein the table top incorporates the primary scent supply mechanism and the scent extraction mechanism such that these are on mutually opposite sides of a patient'"'"'s nasal organ when the head set is being worn by the patient.

14. The system according to claim 1, furthermore comprising a secondary scent supply mechanism, remote from the primary scent supply mechanism configured for providing a patient with a batch of scent, and wherein the controller is arranged for controlling the secondary scent supply mechanism such that it provides during operation the batch of scent according to a secondary time sequence.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured for initiating the secondary time sequence upon detecting the patient has entered the room for performing a medical procedure.

2. (canceled)

3. (canceled)