Smart surface biological sensor and therapy administration

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, said computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computing system implements a method, said method comprising:

• receiving, by said processor from physical sensors of a plurality of physical sensors spatially distributed on or in a substrate, a value of an environmental parameter measured by said physical sensors while the mammal is on or in contact with a substrate and in contact with a first subset of the plurality of physical sensors, leaving a remaining subset of the plurality of physical sensors not in contact with the mammal;
• determining, by the processor, a second subset of the plurality of physical sensors as being those physical sensors whose received value differs from a corresponding predetermined reference value, of the environmental parameter by at least a predetermined threshold value, specific to said plurality of physical sensors;
• determining, by the processor, a physical part subset of the second subset, said physical part subset corresponding to the specified body part, said determining the physical part subset comprising utilizing the second subset and virtual data for identifying a plurality of virtual sensors representing the plurality of physical sensors and spatially distributed in virtual subsets to map a space occupied by the mammal's body parts, wherein each subset of the virtual subsets comprises a virtual representation of a differing body part of said mammal's body parts, and wherein said utilizing comprises;
• overlaying the virtual sensors over data retrieved from the second subset;
• and
• determining, based on results of the overlaying, a virtual part subset of the plurality of virtual sensors corresponding to the specified body part;
• determining based on a cross referencing process, by the processor from the physical part subset, an associated therapy device of a group of therapy devices spatially distributed on or in the substrate, wherein the associated therapy device is positioned in sufficiently close proximity to the specified body part to effectively deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;
• generating, by the processor, a control signal comprising instructions to deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;
• transmitting, by the processor, the control signal to the associated therapy device to activate the associated therapy device to deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;
• and
• after said transmitting, if said each specified period of time has elapsed then terminating said method, otherwise repeating said receiving, said determining said second subset, said determining said physical part subset, said determining said associated therapy device, said generating, and said transmitting.

A method for enabling delivery of a specified therapy type to a specified body part of mammal, over specified periods of time, said method comprising for each specified period of time:

• receiving, by a processor from a subset of physical sensors of a plurality of physical sensors spatially distributed on or in a substrate, tag data identifying a tag attached to said specified body part while the mammal is on or in contact with a substrate;
• determining, by the processor, a second subset of the plurality of physical sensors as being those physical sensors whose received value differs from a corresponding predetermined reference value, of the environmental parameter by at least a predetermined threshold value, specific to said plurality of physical sensors;
• determining, by the processor, a physical part subset of the second subset, said physical part subset corresponding to the specified body part, said determining the physical part subset comprising utilizing the second subset and virtual data for identifying a plurality of virtual sensors representing the plurality of physical sensors and spatially distributed in virtual subsets to map a space occupied by the mammal's body parts, wherein each subset of the virtual subsets comprises a virtual representation of a differing body part of said mammal's body parts, and wherein said utilizing comprises;
• overlaying the virtual sensors over data retrieved from the second subset;
• and
• determining, based on results of the overlaying, a virtual part subset of the plurality of virtual sensors corresponding to the specified body part;
• determining based on a cross referencing process, by the processor from the physical part subset, an associated therapy device of a group of therapy devices spatially distributed on or in the substrate, wherein the associated therapy device is positioned in sufficiently close proximity to the specified body part to effectively deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;
• generating, by the processor, a control signal comprising instructions to deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;
• transmitting, by the processor, the control signal to the associated therapy device to activate the associated therapy device to deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part;
• and
• after said transmitting, if said each specified period of time has elapsed then terminating said method, otherwise repeating said receiving, said determining said second subset, said determining said physical part subset, said determining said associated therapy device, said generating, and said transmitting.