Back to results
US 10,441,696 B2Granted
Voice interface for a dialysis machine
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
InventorsLee Daniel Tanenbaum, Fei Wang, Mario Gumina, Thomas Merics, Eric Hoffstetter, Matthew Doyle, Aleo Nobel Mok, Wayne Raiford
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A dialysis system, comprising: a dialysis machine; an authentication component configured to determine that a source of a voice command received by the dialysis system is an authorized user of the dialysis system; and a processor configured to carry out a function determined based on the voice command.
Claims16
A dialysis system comprising:
- a dialysis machine;
- a speaker;
- and
- an alarm component configured to:
- determine that an alarm condition related to the dialysis machine exists;
- and
- cause the speaker to provide spoken information related to the alarm condition,
- wherein the alarm component is configured to determine the spoken information based on a verbosity setting of the dialysis system.
5 more elements
A dialysis system comprising:
- a dialysis machine;
- a speaker;
- and
- an instruction component configured to:
- determine that an action has not yet been completed;
- and
- cause the speaker to provide spoken instructions that assist a user of the dialysis system in completing the action,
- wherein the instruction component is configured to determine the spoken instructions based on a verbosity setting of the dialysis system.
5 more elements
A dialysis system comprising:
- a dialysis machine;
- a speaker;
- and
- an instruction component configured to:
- determine that an action has not yet been completed;
- and
- cause the speaker to provide spoken instructions that assist a user of the dialysis system in completing the action,
- wherein the subsequent spoken instructions are provided one or both of:
- i) a predetermined amount of time after the spoken instructions are provided, or ii) in response to the user interacting with the dialysis system after the action is completed.
6 more elements
A dialysis system comprising:
- a dialysis machine;
- a speaker;
- an instruction component configured to:
- determine that an action has not yet been completed;
- and
- cause the speaker to provide spoken instructions that assist a user of the dialysis system in completing the action;
- and
- a display that is configured to provide visual information related to the action,
- wherein the visual information is one or both of an image or a video that show the action being at least partially completed.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.