Phototherapy apparatus with interactive user interface
View Patent ↗A phototherapy apparatus with interactive user interface for treating biological tissue of an animal or human target. The user interface comprises intuitive graphic menus which allow the clinicians or practitioners to define the properties of the biological tissue through easily observable physical characteristics such as weight, skin color, and hair color of the patient. The central control unit of the phototherapy apparatus then automatically optimizes the parameters of the light source according to the properties of the biological tissue and generates an appropriate treatment protocol to produce the optimum phototherapy result.
1. A method comprising:
displaying, by a touchscreen of a phototherapy apparatus, a first user interface that concurrently displays:
(i) multiple first user interface elements that graphically depict multiple different animals, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animals, and
(ii) multiple second user interface elements that are associated with multiple different animal coat colors, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animal coat colors,
receiving, by the phototherapy apparatus, a first user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple first user interface elements that graphically depicts a selected animal of the multiple different animals;
receiving, by the phototherapy apparatus, a second user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple second user interface elements that is associated with a selected animal coat color of the multiple different animal coat colors;
displaying, by the touchscreen of the phototherapy apparatus, a second user interface that concurrently displays:
(i) a graphical depiction of the selected animal that was graphically depicted on the one of the multiple first user interface elements that the first user input selected, and
(ii) multiple third user interface elements that are associated with multiple different animal conditions, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animal conditions;
receiving, by the phototherapy apparatus, a third user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple third user interface elements that is associated with a selected animal condition;
selecting, by the phototherapy apparatus, parameters of light for administration, in accordance with the first user input, the second user input, and the third user input; and
displaying, by the touchscreen of the phototherapy apparatus, a third user interface that concurrently displays at least one of the parameters of light that were selected for administration, the third user interface displaying at least an indication of a power of treatment that is to use light produced by a light source of the phototherapy apparatus.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple second user interface elements include selectable boxes.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising placing, by the phototherapy apparatus, a graphical element inside the one of the multiple second user interface elements in response to the phototherapy apparatus receiving the second user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select the one of the multiple second user interface elements.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a particular one of the multiple third user interface elements is associated with an incision type of condition.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third user interface concurrently displays:
(i) the indication of the power of treatment,
(ii) an indication of the selected animal that was graphically depicted on the one of the multiple first user interface elements that the first user input selected,
(iii) an indication of the selected animal coat color that was associated with the one of the multiple second user interface elements that the second user input selected,
(iv) an indication of a duration of time of treatment, and
(v) an indication of an energy of treatment.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the indication of the duration of time of treatment that is displayed on the third user interface by the touchscreen is an indication of a time remaining of treatment.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein:
the first user interface further concurrently displays a back user interface element;
the second user interface further concurrently displays another back user interface element; and
the third user interface further concurrently displays a home user interface element.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the energy of treatment that is displayed on the third user interface by the touchscreen is an indication of an energy of the light source that is to produce the light.
9. A phototherapy apparatus, comprising:
a light source to produce light;
a central control unit that is configured to automatically select parameters of light for administration by the light source, in accordance with a first user input, a second user input, and a third user input; and
a touchscreen that is configured with the central control unit, through presentation of user interfaces that are to be indicated by the central control unit, to allow user input to define medical conditions and physical characteristics of an animal target by:
displaying a first user interface that concurrently displays:
(i) multiple first user interface elements that graphically depict multiple different animals, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animals, and
(ii) multiple second user interface elements that are associated with multiple different animal coat colors, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animal coat colors,
receiving the first user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple first user interface elements that graphically depicts a selected animal of the multiple different animals;
receiving the second user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple second user interface elements that is associated with a selected animal coat color of the multiple different animal coat colors;
displaying a second user interface that concurrently displays:
(i) a graphical depiction of the selected animal graphically depicted on the one of the multiple first user interface elements, and
(ii) multiple third user interface elements that are associated with multiple different animal conditions, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animal conditions;
receiving the third user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple third user interface elements that is associated with a selected animal condition; and
displaying a third user interface that concurrently displays at least one of the parameters of light selected for administration by the light source, the third user interface displaying at least an indication of a power of treatment that uses the light.
10. The phototherapy apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the multiple second user interface elements include selectable boxes.
11. The phototherapy apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the touchscreen, is configured with the central control unit to place a graphical element inside the one of the multiple second user interface elements, in response to the phototherapy apparatus receiving the second user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select the one of the multiple second user interface elements.
12. The phototherapy apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a particular one of the multiple third user interface elements is associated with an incision type of condition.
13. The phototherapy apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the third user interface concurrently displays:
(i) the indication of the power of treatment;
(ii) an indication of the selected animal that was graphically depicted on the one of the multiple first user interface elements that the first user input selected,
(iii) an indication of the selected animal coat color that was associated with the one of the multiple second user interface elements that the second user input selected,
(iv) an indication of a duration of time of treatment, and
(v) an indication of an energy of treatment.
14. The phototherapy apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the indication of the duration of time of treatment is an indication of a time remaining of treatment.
15. The phototherapy apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:
the first user interface further concurrently displays a back user interface element;
the second user interface further concurrently displays another back user interface element; and
the third user interface further concurrently displays a home user interface element.
16. The phototherapy apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the indication of the energy of treatment is an indication of an energy of the light source that is to produce the light.
17. A method comprising:
displaying, by a touchscreen of a phototherapy apparatus, a first user interface that concurrently displays:
(i) multiple first user interface elements that graphically depict multiple different animals, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animals,
(ii) multiple second user interface elements that are associated with multiple different animal coat colors, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animal coat colors, wherein the multiple second user interface elements include selectable boxes, and
(iii) a back user interface element,
receiving, by the phototherapy apparatus, a first user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple first user interface elements that graphically depicts a selected animal of the multiple different animals;
receiving, by the phototherapy apparatus, a second user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple second user interface elements that is associated with a selected animal coat color of the multiple different animal coat colors,
wherein in response to the phototherapy apparatus receiving the second user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select the one of the multiple second user interface elements, the touchscreen places a graphical element inside the one of the multiple second user interface elements;
displaying, by the touchscreen of the phototherapy apparatus, a second user interface that concurrently displays:
(i) a graphical depiction of the selected animal that was graphically depicted on the one of the multiple first user interface elements that the first user input selected,
(ii) multiple third user interface elements that are associated with multiple different animal conditions, and with which user input is able to select any of the multiple different animal conditions, and wherein a particular one of the multiple third user interface elements is associated with an incision type of condition,
(iii) another back user interface element;
receiving, by the phototherapy apparatus, third user input through physical interaction with the touchscreen to select one of the multiple third user interface elements that is associated with a selected animal condition;
selecting, by the phototherapy apparatus, parameters of therapeutic light for administration, in accordance with the first user input, the second user input, and the third user input; and
displaying, by the touchscreen of the phototherapy apparatus, a third user interface that concurrently displays at least some of the parameters of therapeutic light that were selected for administration, the third user interface concurrently displaying:
(i) an indication of the selected animal that was graphically depicted on the one of the multiple first user interface elements that the first user input selected,
(ii) an indication of the selected animal coat color that was associated with the one of the multiple second user interface elements that the second user input selected,
(iii) an indication of a time remaining of treatment,
(iv) an indication of a power of treatment that is to use light produced by a light source of the phototherapy apparatus,
(v) an indication of an energy of the light source is to produce the light, and
(vi) a home user interface element.