Adjusting sound on a medical device
AssigneeFresnius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Tarn, Fei Wang
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Abstract
A dialysis machine comprising: a microphone; an alert module for producing an audible alert related to an operating condition of the dialysis machine; and a processing module configured for: receiving, from the microphone, information related to measured noise; determining, based on the information related to measured noise, an audible alert that will not be masked by the measured noise when the audible alert is produced by the alert module; and providing, to the alert module, instructions for producing the audible alert.
Claims18
A dialysis machine comprising:
- a microphone;
- an alert module for producing an audible alert related to an operating condition of the dialysis machine;
- and
- a processing module configured for:
- receiving, from the microphone, information related to measured noise;
- identifying a type of the measured noise;
- determining, based on the information related to the measured noise and the identified type of the measured noise, an audible alert that will not be masked by the measured noise when the audible alert is produced by the alert module;
- and
- providing, to the alert module, instructions for producing the audible alert.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a microphone of a dialysis machine, information related to measured noise;
- identifying a type of the measured noise;
- determining, based on the information related to the measured noise and the identified type of the measured noise, an audible alert related to an operating condition of the dialysis machine, the audible alert determined such that the audible alert will not be masked by the measured noise when the audible alert is produced by an alert module of the dialysis machine;
- and
- providing, to the alert module, instructions for producing the audible alert.
A system comprising:
- a dialysis machine comprising:
- a microphone;
- an alert module for producing an audible alert related to an operating condition of the dialysis machine;
- and
- a processing module configured for:
- receiving, from the microphone, information related to measured noise;
- identifying a type of the measured noise;
- determining, based on the information related to the measured noise and the identified type of the measured noise, an audible alert that will not be masked by the measured noise when the audible alert is produced by the alert module;
- and
- providing, to the alert module, instructions for producing the audible alert.
A computer-readable storage device storing a computer program including instructions for causing a computer to:
- receive, from a microphone of a dialysis machine, information related to measured noise;
- identify a type of the measured noise;
- determine, based on the information related to the measured noise and the identified type of the measured noise, an audible alert related to an operating condition of the dialysis machine, the audible alert determined such that the audible alert will not be masked by the measured noise when the audible alert is produced by an alert module of the dialysis machine;
- and
- provide, to the alert module, instructions for producing the audible alert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.