Systems and methods for an adaptive and interactive healing environment

• US 9,361,791 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2013
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gerard Eisterhold
• Original Assignee: Gerard Eisterhold
• Inventors: Eisterhold, Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): BROWN, VERNAL U
• Application Number:
  US13/748,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20130187768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• Field of Search: 340/12.53, 725/78
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 method of promoting enhanced healing of a long term medical patient through use of an interactive wall display, and a central computer, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting a guide to healing from among a plurality of user-selectable options,

wherein the guide to healing provides access to modules providing at least one content type selected from the group consisting of lessons, exercises and programs;

determining subjective health parameters of the medical patient;

recording the determined subjective health parameters in the central computer;

displaying the determined subjective health parameters on the interactive wall display such that the determined health parameters are easily visible to the medical patient;

repeating the foregoing steps of selecting, determining, recording, and displaying a plurality of times to collect a series of determined subjective health parameters over a period of time covering weeks or months;

plotting on the interactive wall display the series of determined subjective health parameters as a chart or a graph, the chart or the graph being visible on the interactive wall display to the medical patient,

wherein the plotted chart or graph displays to the medical patient the healing progress of the medical patient for at least a selected one of the determined subjective health parameters over time, the selected parameter being selectable by the medical patient on the interactive wall display, and

reducing isolation of the medical patient as an aid to healing by

posting content through use of a private blog network accessible by a group of patients who are similarly situated with respect to the medical patient, with the content being determined in part by the medical patient for sharing among the group; and

providing restricted access to an online bulletin board for exchange of information between the medical patient and a community of others who share occupational interests in common with the medical patient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subjective health parameters comprise one or more of pain level, mobility, mood, strength, and dexterity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the step of displaying, a plurality of different subjective health parameters are selectable by the medical patient.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the step of plotting, a plurality of different series of measured subjective health parameters is plotted simultaneously on the interactive wall display, a quantity of the plurality of different series being selectable by the medical patient.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the recorded subjective health parameters are accessible to the medical patient at a remote computer.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the step of plotting, the series of determined subjective health parameters are plotted on a graph having a unit of time for each plot entry being one day.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the step of plotting, the series of determined subjective health parameters are plotted on a graph superimposed with objective physical health readings of the medical patient.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the physical health readings of the medical patient comprise one or more of blood pressure, pulse, blood enzymes, and temperature.

9. 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 and interactive with 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 the atrium,

the central computer being operably programmed with instructions for

selecting a guide to healing from among a plurality of user-selectable options,

wherein the guide to healing provides access to modules providing at least one content type selected from the group consisting of lessons, exercises and programs;

reducing isolation of the medical patient as an aid to healing by

posting content through use of a private blog network accessible by a group of patients who are similarly situated with respect to the medical patient, with the content being determined in part by the medical patient for sharing among the group; and

providing restricted access to an online bulletin board for exchange of information between the medical patient and a community of others who share occupational interests in common with the medical patient; and

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

wherein the interactive room display and the plurality of interactive corridor displays are each stationary objects, and

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.

10. The system of claim 9, the atrium comprising directions to a real garden, or comprising a virtual garden displayed on an interactive atrium display, the location of the remote unit relative to the atrium and the individual ones of the plurality of interactive corridor displays being determinable by the central computer by a signal from the remote unit.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the central computer is capable of networking the interactive atrium display with the interactive room display and the plurality of interactive corridor displays.