Operating room educational television “OREDUTV”.

• US 7,572,127 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2007
• Issued: 08/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lanny L. Johnson
• Original Assignee: Lanny L. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Lanny L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Saadat; Cameron
• Application Number:
  US11/744,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20080098424A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 434/262
• US Class Current: 434/262
• 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, and a central processing unit (CPU) that regulates access to information according to user specific identifiers, further wherein said wireless interactive monitor includes speech recognition software;

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, further wherein the interactive monitor is free from contact with said scrub sink;

said monitor having received said information wirelessly;

wherein said information is surgical information or pharmaceutical information;

an earpiece that wirelessly transmits one of said user specific identifiers to said wireless interactive monitor for recognition by said CPU and wirelessly receives audio information, wherein upon recognition of the user specific identifier said CPU permits access to at least one group of programs for display and executes voice commands to selectively receive information.

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 responds to voice commands.

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

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

7. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 6, wherein said surgeon scrub sink activates said wireless interactive monitor when a user is present.

8. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 6, wherein said surgeon scrub sink shuts off said wireless interactive monitor when the user is not present.

9. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 1, wherein said memory comprises random access memory (RAM), further wherein information is streamed wirelessly from the Internet.

10. An apparatus for viewing information, comprising:

a wireless interactive monitor including a screen for displaying said information and adapted to receive said information wirelessly, wherein said interactive monitor includes speech recognition software for hands-free operation, further wherein a central processing unit (CPU) regulates access to information according to user specific identifiers;

an earpiece that wirelessly transmits one of said user specific identifiers to said wireless interactive monitor for recognition by said CPU and wirelessly receives audio information, wherein upon recognition of the user specific identifier said CPU permits access to at least one group of programs for display and executes voice commands to selectively receive information;

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.

11. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 10, wherein said information is received from a video-output device.

12. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 10, wherein said information is associated with pharmaceutical information.

13. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 10, wherein said wireless interactive monitor responds to voice commands.

14. An apparatus for viewing information as in claim 10, wherein said wireless interactive monitor displays a menu to select video, audio, or audio and video.

15. An apparatus for viewing information, comprising:

a) a wireless interactive monitor comprising;

i) central processing unit (CPU) operably connected to memory that accesses a plurality of programs according to a plurality of user identifiers, wherein said plurality of programs comprise medical, surgical or pharmaceutical information, further wherein said memory comprises speech recognition software operably by said CPU,

ii) a display monitor for displaying information from said CPU,

iii) a transmitter for wireless transmission or receipt of commands or information; and

b) an earpiece that wirelessly transmits a user identifier among said plurality of user identifiers to said wireless interactive monitor for recognition by said CPU and wirelessly receives audio information, wherein upon recognition of said user identifier said CPU permits access to at least one group of programs for display and executes voice commands to selectively receive information.

16. An apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising a surgeon scrub sink, wherein said wireless interactive monitor is positioned above or remote from said scrub sink.

17. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said wireless interactive monitor accesses said plurality of programs wirelessly from a remote computer.

18. An apparatus for viewing information, comprising:

a) a wireless interactive monitor comprising;

i) central processing unit (CPU) operably connected to memory that accesses a plurality of programs according to a plurality of user identifiers, wherein said plurality of programs comprise medical, surgical, or pharmaceutical information,

ii) a display monitor for displaying information from said CPU,

iii) a transmitter for wireless transmission or receipt of commands or information; and

b) an earpiece that wirelessly transmits a user identifier among said plurality of user identifiers to said wireless interactive monitor for recognition by said CPU and wirelessly receives audio information, wherein upon recognition of said user identifier said CPU permits access to at least one group of programs for display.