Combination treatment selection methods and systems

• US 10,572,629 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2016
• Issued: 02/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harvest Bio LLC
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Leuthardt, Eric C., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Sweeney, Elizabeth A., Wood, Lowell L., Wood, Victoria Y. H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Bo
• Application Number:
  US15/265,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20170068800A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2, 705 3, 424443, 424449, 424450, 424 46
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual, querying at least one database at least partly based on the at least one attribute, selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one artificial sensory experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual, and/or presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one artificial sensory experience at least partly based on the selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one artificial sensory experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

circuitry for accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual;

circuitry for querying at least one database at least partly based on the at least one attribute;

circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual; and

circuitry for presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one simulated reality experience at least partly based on the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual; and

circuitry for indicating an alteration of the at least one simulated reality experience to modify at least one effect of the at least one prescription medication.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

at least one of;

circuitry for accepting at least one mental attribute associated with the at least one individual;

circuitry for accepting at least one of a current treatment or a proposed treatment associated with the at least one individual;

or

circuitry for accepting at least one physical attribute associated with the at least one individual.

3. The system of claim 1, circuitry the means for querying at least one database at least partly based on the at least one attribute comprises:

circuitry for searching at least one prescription medication database and at least one simulated reality experience database.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting the at least one prescription medication at least partially based on at least one of a behavior, a symptom, or a diagnosis.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting the at least one prescription medication at least partially based on at least one of a susceptibility to a drug side effect or a drug interaction.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting a prescription medication and at least one alternative medicine treatment as the at least one prescription medication.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting the at least one prescription medication at least partially based on at least one of a medication history of the at least one individual or an simulated reality experience history of the at least one individual.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting the at least one prescription medication at least partially based on at least one of a genetic or an epigenetic profile.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting at least one virtual experience as the at least one simulated reality experience.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting the at least one simulated reality experience at least partially based on at least one of a behavior, a symptom, or a diagnosis.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting the at least one simulated reality experience at least partially based on at least one demographic characteristic of the at least one individual.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

a least one of;

circuitry for selecting at least one simulated reality experience and at least one prescription medication at least partially based on a treatment algorithm;

or

circuitry for selecting the at least one simulated reality experience at least partially based on at least one of a medication history or a simulated reality experience history of the at least one individual.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for selecting at least one opioid analgesic and at least one virtual world experience to address at least one pain attribute of at least one individual.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one simulated reality experience at least partly based on the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one simulated reality experience to at least one output device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one simulated reality experience at least partly based on the circuitry for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual comprises:

circuitry for presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication or the at least one simulated reality experience at a staggered time.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for detecting one or more effects of the at least one prescription medication on the at least one individual following use of the at least one prescription medication.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for detecting one or more psychological effects of the at least one prescription medication on the at least one individual following use of the at least one prescription medication.

20. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for detecting one or more effects of the at least one prescription medication on the at least one individual following use of the at least one prescription medication;

and wherein circuitry for indicating an alteration of the at least one simulated reality experience to modify at least one effect of the at least one prescription medication includes;

circuitry for indicating an alteration of the at least one simulated reality experience to modify at least one effect of the at least one prescription medication based at least partially on the circuitry for detecting one or more effects of the at least one prescription medication on the at least one individual following use of the at least one prescription medication.

16. A system comprising:

means for accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual;

means for querying at least one database at least partly based on the at least one attribute;

means for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual;

means for presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one simulated reality experience at least partly based on the means for selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual; and

means for indicating an alteration of the at least one simulated reality experience to modify at least one effect of the at least one prescription medication.

17. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to perform operations including at least;

accept at least one attribute of at least one individual;

query at least one database at least partly based on the at least one attribute;

select from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual;

present an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one simulated reality experience at least partly based on the selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one simulated reality experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual; and

indicate an alteration of the at least one simulated reality experience to modify at least one effect of the at least one prescription medication.