ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,215, issued on Feb. 25.

"Systems and methods for an adaptive and interactive healing environment" was invented by Gerard Eisterhold (Kansas City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for interactive healing of a patient. A method of configuring a room of a long-term patient to promote patient comprises providing a remote display. The remote display is portable and is removably coupled to a swing arm accessible by the patient on a patient bed. The remote display is configured to control each of a wall display, a lighting system, an audio system, a room shading system, an environmental control system, a microphone, an...