Disease therapy game technology

US9569562B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• University of Utah Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• Grzegorz Bulaj · Salt Lake City, US
• Carol S. Bruggers · Salt Lake City, US
• Roger Alan Altizer · Salt Lake City, US
• Robert R. Kessler · Salt Lake City, US
• Craig Bernreuter Caldwell · Salt Lake City, US
• Wade Ray Patterson · Salt Lake City, US
• Kurt Joseph Coppersmith · West Point, US
• Laura Mae Warner · Bellevue, US
• Brandon H. Davies · Kitchener, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H20/30
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A video game in possession of and/or in the proximity of a patient. The patient computing system receives an indication that it is to begin a game, and executes the game using identified game parameters that are associated with the patient by a clinician as part of a disease therapy program. As the game executes, game state progresses in response to physical activity of the patient, causing the patient to exercise. The physical activity is received as input into the patient computing system. Such input causes game state to be progressed dependent on the identified game parameters that are associated with the game. Thus, the game is tailored for the patient by a clinician in order to motivate physical activity that is medically beneficial to the patient in order to advance through the disease therapy program.