Video game for assisting healing of the human body

• US 20040063083A1
• Filed: 09/27/2002
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chartoleaux KG LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Philip A. Rink
• Inventors: Rink, Philip A.
• Granted Patent: US 6,918,769 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance

Abstract

The video game includes a monitor for visual representation of a selected portion of a player'"'"'s body affected by a medical condition. The information concerning the medical condition, including both its cause and effects on the body, is stored, as is a set of treatment actions for combating said medical condition, including medical treatment actions, immune system responses and spiritual actions. Also stored is the known effect of the treatment actions on the medical condition. A computer program permits the player to select and use the available treatment actions against the disease, all of which are visually produced by the program.

Claims

1. A video game for treatment of medical conditions of a human player'"'"'s body, comprising:

a stored video program providing a visual representation of the player'"'"'s body, including a portion of the player'"'"'s body affected by a medical condition;

a memory device for storing or receiving, under program control, information concerning the medical condition to be treated, including the effect of the medical condition on said portion of the body;

a memory for storing or receiving a set of treatment actions for combating said medical condition, in order to bring healing action to the body; and

a memory for storing or receiving known result/information of treatment actions on the medical condition, wherein the stored program permits a player to select one or more of said treatment actions, and provides a visual representation of the selected effects of the treatment actions on the medical condition in accordance with the known result/information.

2. A video game of claim 1, including means for adding additional medical condition information to the previously stored medical condition information, and for modifying the previously stored medical condition information.

3. A video game of claim 1, wherein the visual representation of the player'"'"'s body includes a visual representation of the medical condition.

4. A video game of claim 3, wherein the medical condition is caused by a virus.

5. A video game of claim 3, wherein the medical condition is caused by bacteria.

6. A video game of claim 3, wherein the medical condition is cancer.

7. A video game of claim 1, wherein the medical condition is an injury.

8. A video game of claim 1, wherein the medical condition is a disease.

9. A video game of claim 1, wherein treatment action information specific to the player can be added to the stored treatment information.

10. A video game of claim 1, wherein a plurality of portions of the human body which are affected by said medical condition are represented.

11. A video game of claim 1, wherein said portion of the body includes a specific body organ.

12. A video game of claim 1, wherein said portion of the body includes a selected part of the blood circulation system.

13. A video game of claim 1, wherein said portion of the body includes a selected part of the oxygen circulation and recovery system.

14. A video game of claim 1, wherein the stored treatment actions include conventional medical treatment actions and selected medications known to be effective for said medical condition.

15. A video game of claim 1, wherein the treatment actions include immune system responses of the human body to said medical condition.

16. A video game of claim 1, wherein the treatment actions include spiritual activity.

17. A video game of claim 1, wherein the stored program permits the player to change selected physical characteristics of the visual representation to more closely match the player.

18. A video game of claim 1, wherein the medical condition information, the treatment actions therefor and the known results thereof are stored external to the video game apparatus and are available to the stored program upon request.

19. A video game of claim 1, wherein the stored program permits the player to select the portion of the player'"'"'s body to be represented.

20. A video game of claim 1, wherein the visual representation is provided by a video monitor.