# US 11,027,091 B2 · Systems and methods for an adaptive and interactive healing environment

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- Number: US 11,027,091 B2
- Document ID: US11027091B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/235,578
- Filed: 2018-12-28
- Published: 2019-05-09
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2012-01-23
- Applicants: Gerard Eisterhold
- Inventors: Gerard Eisterhold
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027091B2

## CPC

- 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
- G08C 17/02: using a radio link
- G08C 19/00: Electric signal transmission systems (G08C17/00 takes precedence)
- G08C 19/16: in which transmission is by pulses
- G08C 23/04: using light waves, e.g. infrared
- A61M 2021/0027: {by the hearing sense}
- A61M 2021/005: {images, e.g. video}
- A61M 2205/3303: Using a biosensor
- A61M 2205/3306: Optical measuring means
- A61M 2205/3375: Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
- A61M 2205/3561: local, e.g. within room or hospital
- A61M 2205/58: Means for facilitating use, e.g. by people with impaired vision
- A61M 2230/04: Heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulation
- A61M 2230/20: Blood composition characteristics
- A61M 2230/50: Temperature
- A61M 2230/63: Motion, e.g. physical activity
- G08C 2201/93: Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G)

## Abstract

A method of configuring a personal living environment of a long-term patient comprises providing a central computer controllable via a remote unit. The central computer is coupled to a plurality of output devices, including displays and speakers, and at least one sensor. The method comprises arranging the plurality of output devices in the personal living environment and presenting on at least one display patient selectable objective parameters and subjective parameters. The method comprises obtaining an input from the patient, and in response to the input, representing on the at least one display a relationship, characterized over a time period, between the subjective parameters and the objective parameters selected by the patient. The method comprises shifting presentation of content from one of the plurality of output devices to another of the plurality of output devices based on a proximity of the patient detected by the at least one sensor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of configuring a personal living environment of a long-term patient to promote enhanced healing of said patient, comprising:
providing a central computer controllable via a remote unit;
coupling said central computer to a plurality of output devices and at least one sensor; said plurality of output devices including displays and speakers; at least one of said displays comprising a navigation pane and a content pane; said content pane configured to display content selected using any one of said remote unit and said navigation pane;
arranging said plurality of output devices in said personal living environment;
presenting on said navigation pane patient selectable objective parameters and subjective parameters relating to said patient;
obtaining an input from said patient, and in response to said input, representing on said content pane a relationship, characterized over a time period, between said subjective parameters and said objective parameters selected by said patient;
shifting presentation of content from one of said plurality of output devices to another of said plurality of output devices based on a proximity of said patient detected by said at least one sensor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising providing meditative lighting in said personal living environment.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein said remote unit is usable to control said meditative lighting.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said content comprises healing content, said healing content including a garden element.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said input includes a numeric value and a comment from said patient.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the remote unit is a smart phone.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the remote unit is a tablet.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising docking said remote unit to a docking station coupled to a bed of said patient.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said displays has a first mode and a second mode, said first mode being configured for the passage of light through said display, said second mode being configured for the presentation of content on said display.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein:
said patient is bed-bound; and
said displays are arranged such that they surround said bed-bound patient.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor includes a video camera.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said personal living environment is within a home of said patient.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a log of a healing progress of said patient, said log comprising images selected by said patient to indicate a mood of said patient at a given time.

### Claim 14

A method of configuring a personal living environment of a long-term patient to promote enhanced healing of said patient, comprising:
providing a central computer controllable via a remote unit;
coupling said central computer to a plurality of output devices and at least one sensor; said plurality of output devices including displays and speakers;
arranging said plurality of output devices in said personal living environment;
presenting on at least one of said displays patient selectable objective parameters and subjective parameters relating to said patient;
obtaining an input from said patient, and in response to said input, representing on at least one of said displays a relationship, characterized over a time period, between said subjective parameters and said objective parameters selected by said patient;
shifting presentation of content from one of said plurality of output devices to another of said plurality of output devices based on a proximity of said patient detected by said at least one sensor.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, further comprising situating at least some of said plurality of output devices in an assembly, said assembly including a desk unit.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein said remote unit is usable to control a window shade.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein at least one of said displays is configured to selectively pass light therethrough and to display content thereon.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, further comprising creating a log of a healing progress of said patient, said log comprising images selected by said patient to indicate a mood of said patient.

### Claim 19

A method of configuring a personal living environment of a patient, comprising:
providing a central computer controllable via a remote unit;
coupling said central computer to a plurality of output devices and at least one sensor; said plurality of output devices including displays and speakers;
presenting on at least one of said displays objective parameters and subjective parameters;
obtaining an input from said patient, and in response to said input, representing on at least one of said displays a relationship, characterized over a time period, between said subjective parameters and said objective parameters;
shifting presentation of content from one of said plurality of output devices to another of said plurality of output devices based on a proximity of said patient detected by said at least one sensor.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19, wherein said personal healing environment includes a room and a corridor, each having at least some of said plurality of output devices configured therein.