Method for providing health care service to a patient utilizing an electronic display

摘要

An electronic display and lighting arrangement for viewing by, and illumination for, a person in a resting position includes: an electronic display assembly including a first carriage movable along a translation axis, a first pivot arm coupled to the first carriage with the first pivot arm pivotable about a first pivot axis, and an electronic display coupled to the first pivot arm; and a lighting assembly including a second carriage movable in a direction parallel to the translation axis, and a light coupled to the second carriage and adjustably positionable by movement of the second carriage. The electronic display is adjustably positionable both along the translation axis by movement of the first carriage, and about the first pivot axis by movement of the first pivot arm about the first pivot axis.

主权项

1. A method for providing health care service to a patient, comprising utilizing an electronic display including a display screen to present video to the patient receiving health care service while the patient is supported on an apparatus in a resting position, the method including positioning,
(a) a light such that the light illuminates a portion of the head of the patient, and (b) the electronic display such that the electronic display is suspended vertically directly above the head of the patient with the display screen disposed in an orientation facing the head of the patient for viewing by the patient without the light obstructing the viewing by the patient, including moving,
(i) a first pivot arm relative to a horizontal plane,(ii) a first carriage relative to an overhead track, and(iii) the electronic display relative to the first pivot arm,(iv) wherein the electronic display is coupled to the first pivot arm, the first pivot arm is coupled to the first carriage, and the first carriage is coupled to the overhead track.