Artificially displaying information relative to a body

• US 8,442,281 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2006
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Leuthardt, Eric C., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bali, Vikkram
• Application Number:
  US11/414,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20070253614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,573 Days
• Field of Search: 382/103, 382/128, 382/131, 382/132, 283/85, 283/88, 283/89, 283/91, 283/92, 23546201-46205, 235/462.08, 235/462.09, 235/462.1, 235/462.11, 347/110, 347/107, 353/28, 106/31.14, 106/31.15, 600/114, 600/117, 600/417, 606/130, 345/7, 345/8, 345/9, 715/863
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00115 with audible or visual output
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/10 Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/361 Image-producing devices, e.g. surgical cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/96 using barcodes

Abstract

A method and system are described for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body; and invoking circuitry for displaying at least the generated pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body.

Claims

1. A treatment system comprising:

circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body;

an optical masking material configured to be applied as a pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body, the optical masking material having one or more holes;

circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body, the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body including;

circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion of the pattern displayed on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body; and

circuitry for emitting artificial ultraviolet light toward at least an ultraviolet ink portion of the pattern, wherein the ultraviolet ink portion of the pattern includes an image transparent to visible light; and

circuitry for emitting treatment energy through at least one of the one or more holes onto a treatment area, the treatment energy at least partly shielded by the masking material on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body.

2. The treatment system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for displaying at least a pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for applying the pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body responsive to detecting an applicator'"'"'s proximity to a portion of the individual'"'"'s body.

3. The treatment system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including at least a measurement in the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body.

4. The treatment system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including an explicit indication of an anomalous material in the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body.

5. The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion of the pattern displayed on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for presenting an indication of the individual'"'"'s identity in the pattern displayed on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body; and

circuitry for receiving an affirmation of the indication of the individual'"'"'s identity as the confirmation.

9. The treatment system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including at least a portion of one or more anatomical names as the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body.

6. A treatment system comprising:

circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body;

an optical masking material configured to be applied as the pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body, the optical masking material having one or more holes;

circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body, the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body including circuitry for emitting ultraviolet light toward at least an ultraviolet ink portion of the pattern, wherein the ultraviolet ink portion of the pattern includes an image transparent to visible light; and

circuitry for emitting treatment energy through at least one of the one or more holes onto a treatment area, the treatment energy at least partly shielded by the masking material on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body.

7. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including at least an explicit temporal indication in the pattern.

8. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including at least a user phrase as the medical information realted to the individual'"'"'s body.

10. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including at least a user phrase as the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body.

11. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including at least a portion of one or more anatomical names as the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body.

12. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for detecting an internal structure of the individual'"'"'s body; and

circuitry for including, as the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body, at least an indication of the detected internal structure of the individual'"'"'s body.

13. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including at least a barcode as the pattern.

14. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including at least a measurement in the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body;

circuitry for including at least a site indication in the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body;

circuitry for including an explicit indication of an anomalous material in the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body; and

circuitry for depicting at least a literal anatomical shape in the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body.

15. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for projecting the pattern onto skin as the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body responsive to detecting another pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body;

circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion of the pattern projected onto the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body; and

circuitry for changing the pattern by removing at least a portion of the pattern from the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body.

16. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for applying the pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body at least partly by propelling a colorant toward the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body.

17. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for generating at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including a drug identifier in the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body.

18. The treatment system of claim 17 in which the circuitry for generating a pattern indicating at least medical information related to an individual'"'"'s body comprises:

circuitry for including, as the medical information related to the individual'"'"'s body, at least an indication of the detected internal structure of the individual'"'"'s body;

circuitry for associating a sequential identifier with one or more operational identifiers, in the pattern; and

circuitry for including an explicit temporal indication in the pattern.

19. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body further comprises:

circuitry for reading an ink drawing of a potential incision site on a patient.

20. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body further comprises:

circuitry for determining whether an approval indication of a potential incision site has been received.

21. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body further comprises:

circuitry for providing feedback concerning one or more potential incision sites.

22. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body further comprises:

display circuitry configured to present feedback concerning one or more potential incision sites proposed by a surgeon.

23. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body further comprises:

circuitry for displaying at least a facial image of the individual in the pattern on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body.

24. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body further comprises:

an applicator, a handheld device having a sensor configured to determine whether a printing element is close enough to propel a dot or other marking increment to the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body.

25. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for displaying at least the pattern on one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body further comprises:

circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion of the pattern displayed on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body.

26. The treatment system of claim 25 in which the circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

a microphone configured to receive verbal input that includes the confirmation.

27. The treatment system of claim 25 in which the circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion of the pattern displayed on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

one or more media bearing medical data associating the individual'"'"'s body with an anesthetic.

28. The treatment system of claim 25 in which the circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion of the pattern displayed on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

one or more media bearing medical data associating the individual'"'"'s body with an opiate.

29. The treatment system of claim 25 in which the circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion of the pattern displayed on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

one or more media bearing medical data associating the individual'"'"'s body with an antihistamine.

30. The treatment system of claim 25 in which the circuitry for relating a received confirmation to at least a portion of the pattern displayed on the one or more surfaces on the individual'"'"'s body comprises:

one or more recordable media bearing medical data associating the individual'"'"'s body with a contraindicated drug.

31. The treatment system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for emitting artificial ultraviolet light toward at least an ultraviolet ink portion of the pattern comprises:

circuitry for directing an ultraviolet light beam across an entirety of the generated pattern.