Method for preparing a patient for a medical treatment
AssigneeDiversionary Therapy Technologies Pty Ltd
InventorsSalvatore Bucolo, Kate Sonia Miller, Emma Ann Uletta Paterson
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Abstract
A method for using an electronic device having a display to prepare a patient for a medical treatment. The method includes the steps of representing a world on the display (300), wherein one or more medical objects related to the medical treatment are placed in the world; receiving an input from the patient to select the medical objects (326); selecting the medical objects; and providing feedback to the patient to indicate that the medical objects have been selected (327). The method reduces pain and anxiety when undergoing the medical treatment by familiarising the patient with the medical objects, and by distracting the patient's attention from the treatment.
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1-31. (canceled)
A method for using an electronic device having a display to prepare a patient for a medical treatment, the method including the steps of:
- representing a world on the display, wherein one or more medical objects related to the medical treatment are placed in the world;
- receiving an input from the patient to select the medical objects;
- selecting the medical objects;
- providing feedback to the patient to indicate that the medical objects have been selected;
- and
- representing one or more obscuring objects in the world, wherein one or more of the medical objects are obscured by one or more of the obscuring objects.
The method according to claim 23, further including repeating the following steps for all of the medical treatment stages of the medical procedure:
- representing a world on the display, wherein one or more medical objects related to the medical treatment are placed in the world;
- receiving an input from the patient to select the medical objects;
- selecting the medical objects;
- providing feedback to the patient to indicate that the medical objects have been selected;
- and
- representing one or more obscuring objects in the world, wherein one or more of the medical objects are obscured by one or more of the obscuring objects.
The electronic device according to claim 26, wherein the electronic device is a tablet device.
The electronic device according to claim 26, wherein the electronic device is a round shape with a domed shaped back.
The electronic device according to claim 26, wherein the electronic device is a head mountable device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.