Patent Issued for XR health platform, system and method (USPTO 11961197): Wellovate LLC

2024 MAY 08 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, a patent by the inventors Jackson, Jonathan (Charlotte, NC, US), Morgan, Joseph W. (Blowing Rock, NC, US), Pagano, II, Nunzio Peter (Asheville, NC, US), Patel, Rahul A. (Huntersville, NC, US), Rufolo, Allen Ronald (Charlotte, NC, US), filed on March 28, 2023, was published online on April 16, 2024.

The assignee for this patent, patent number 11961197, is Wellovate LLC (Boone, North Carolina, United States).

Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “TECHNICAL FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

“The present disclosure relates broadly and generally to an extended reality health platform, system and method-referred to broadly and collectively herein as “XR Health Platform” or “XR Platform” or “Platform” or the like.”

In addition to obtaining background information on this patent, NewsRx editors also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent: “SUMMARY OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

“Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are described below. Use of the term “exemplary” means illustrative or by way of example only, and any reference herein to “the invention” is not intended to restrict or limit the invention to exact features or steps of any of the exemplary embodiments disclosed in the present specification. References to “exemplary embodiment,” “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “various embodiments,” and the like, may indicate that the embodiment(s) of the invention so described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but not every embodiment necessarily includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Further, repeated use of the phrase “in one embodiment,” or “in an exemplary embodiment,” do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, although they may. Any reference herein to “patient”, “user”, “clinician”, and any other individual is intended as gender neutral notwithstanding use of the words “he”, “him”, “himself” or the like, or any singular possessive use of the word “his” or the like.

“It is also noted that terms like “preferably”, “commonly”, and “typically” are not utilized herein to limit the scope of the invention or to imply that certain features are critical, essential, or even important to the structure or function of the invention. Rather, these terms are merely intended to highlight alternative or additional features that may or may not be utilized in a particular embodiment of the present invention.

“According to one exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure comprises an extended reality (XR) health platform, system and method.

“Abbreviations and Definitions”

The claims supplied by the inventors are:

“1. A computer-based extended reality health system adapted for electronically rendering patient sessions within an XR environment comprising immersive scenes, said XR health system comprising: an XR device adapted for being employed by a patient to visually display the immersive scenes during a patient session within the XR environment, and wherein said XR device comprises a head-mounted display; an input device adapted for electronically interacting with objects, content and features visually displayed in the immersive scenes of the XR environment; a plurality of software modules operable in a computing environment comprising a computing device and a processor communicating with said head-mounted display, and utilizing data and control signals of said input device to generate system data applicable in the patient session, and wherein one of said software modules comprises a billing module configured to extract claims data applicable for medical billing claims, wherein said claims data comprises billing information associated with said immersive scenes visually rendered to the patient during the patient session within the XR environment; and at least one of an aroma diffuser communicating with said head-mounted display and adapted for emitting selected scents to a patient at pre-configured times during the patient session, a camera communicating with said head-mounted display and adapted for capturing a perspective of a patient, a speaker communicating with said head-mounted display and adapted for enabling audio communication to a patient, and a microphone communicating with said head-mounted display and adapted for capturing audio data relating to a patient.

“2. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 1, and comprising an HMD cushion operatively connected to said head-mounted display and adapted to reside between said head-mounted display and a head of the patient.

“3. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of software modules are further selected from a group consisting of clinical platform module, XR platform module, configuration module, integration module, light module, audio module, tactile module, anatomy module, movement module, neurological module, mental health module, pain module, and procedural and digital anesthetic module.

“4. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 1, and comprising a positional tracking device communicating with said head-mounted display and adapted for capturing positional tracking data for positional tracking of the patient, and wherein said positional tracking device comprises at least one of a camera and a microphone.

“5. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 4, wherein said positional tracking data comprises data selected from a group consisting of gaze tracking, pupil tracking, eye tracking, facial tracking, hand tracking, audio tracking, and body language tracking.

“6. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 1, and comprising a releasable device fastener attached to said head-mounted display and adapted for releasably securing said head-mounted display to the patient.

“7. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 1, and comprising a flexible measuring tape including spaced markings and adapted for being carried by the patient.

“8. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 1, wherein said XR device further comprises a controller.

“9. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 8, and comprising a controller handle sensor device operatively connected to said controller and adapted for being gripped by the patient to capture biomarker data.

“10. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 9, wherein said biomarker data comprises data selected from a group consisting of grip strength, heart rate, points of electro-cardiographic data, temperature, and galvanic skin response.

“11. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 1, and comprising at least one adaptive learning model programmatically implemented to generate system data applicable in the patient session within the XR environment.

“12. The computer-based extended reality health system according to claim 1, and comprising software for rendering a virtual human avatar adapted for influencing the patient in immersive scenes during the patient session within the XR environment.

“13. A method utilizing a computer-based extended reality health system adapted for electronically rendering patient sessions within an XR environment comprising immersive scenes, the method comprising: employing an XR device to visually display the immersive scenes during a patient session within the XR environment, and wherein the XR device comprises a head-mounted display; using an input device, electronically interacting with objects, content and features visually displayed in the immersive scenes of the XR environment; and utilizing data and control signals of the input device, generating system data applicable in the patient session; from the system data, extracting claims data applicable for medical billing claims, the claims data comprising billing information associated with the immersive scenes visually rendered to the patient during the patient session within the XR environment; and during the patient session, effecting at least one of emitting selected scents to a patient at preconfigured times, capturing a perspective of a patient using a camera communicating with the headmounted display, communicating with a patient using a speaker, and capturing audio data relating to a patient using a microphone communicating with the head-mounted display.

“14. The method according to claim 13, and comprising using at least one of a camera and a microphone, capturing positional tracking data for positional tracking of the patient.

“15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the positional tracking data comprises data selected from a group consisting of gaze tracking, pupil tracking, eye tracking, facial tracking, hand tracking, and body language tracking.

“16. The method according to claim 13, and comprising rendering a virtual human avatar adapted for interacting with the patient in immersive scenes during the patient session within the XR environment.

“17. The method according to claim 13, wherein the XR device further comprises a controller.

“18. The method according to claim 17, and comprising a controller handle sensor device operatively connected to the controller and adapted for being gripped by the patient to capture biomarker data.

“19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the biomarker data comprises data selected from a group consisting of grip strength, heart rate, points of electro-cardiographic data, temperature, and galvanic skin response.

“20. The method according to claim 13, and comprising employing at least one adaptive learning model programmatically implemented to generate system data applicable in the patient session within the XR environment.”

For more information, see this patent: Jackson, Jonathan. XR health platform, system and method. U.S. Patent Number 11961197, filed March 28, 2023, and published online on April 16, 2024. Patent URL (for desktop use only): https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(11961197)&db=USPAT&type=ids

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