Method for preparing a patient for a medical treatment

摘要

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 familiarizing the patient with the medical objects, and by distracting the patient's attention from the treatment.

主权项

1. 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 the patient is preparing to receive are placed in the world represented on the display; representing one or more obscuring objects in the world, wherein one or more of the medical objects related to the medical treatment are at least partially obscured by one or more of the obscuring objects; receiving a first input from a patient to perform at least one action to reveal a medical object in the world represented on the display that is at least partially obscured by an obscuring object and performing the action; receiving a second input from the patient to select the medical object once the medical object used in the medical treatment is revealed in the world represented on the display and selecting the medical object; providing feedback to the patient to indicate that the medical object has been selected; and presenting information on the display to explain to the patient the medical treatment to which the one or more selected medical objects relate; wherein the world is three dimensional and the electronic device includes a motion sensor for detecting motion of the electronic device corresponding to the first input which is received by the motion sensor; wherein the at least one action performed includes moving the obscuring object represented in the world or changing the viewpoint of the world represented on the display in response to the first input received by the motion sensor, to reveal the medical object in the world that has been at least partially obscured by an obscuring object, for selection of the revealed medical object when the second input is received from the patient.