Ear-worn devices for communication with medical devices
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsAchintya Kumar Bhowmik, Gregory John Haubrich
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Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to medical device systems including ear-worn devices. In an embodiment, a medical device system includes an ear-worn device including a control circuit, a microphone in electrical communication with the control circuit, an electroacoustic transducer for generating sound in electrical communication with the control circuit, and a power supply circuit in electrical communication with the control circuit. The ear-worn device can be configured to received signals from a separate medical device and generate a notification using the received signals. Other embodiments are also included herein.
Claims20
A medical device system comprising:
- an ear-worn device comprising
- a control circuit;
- a microphone in electrical communication with the control circuit;
- an electroacoustic transducer for generating sound in electrical communication with the control circuit;
- and
- a power supply circuit in electrical communication with the control circuit;
- the ear-worn device configured to receive wireless signals from a separate medical device;
- wherein the ear-worn device compares data from the wireless signals from the separate medical device against predetermined or dynamically determined threshold values and generates a notification when predetermined or dynamically determined conditions are met.
A method of conveying signals from a medical device comprising:
- receiving a wireless signal from a medical device using an ear-worn device, the ear-worn device comprising
- a control circuit;
- a microphone in electrical communication with the control circuit;
- an electroacoustic transducer for generating sound in electrical communication with the control circuit;
- and
- a power supply circuit in electrical communication with the control circuit;
- evaluating the received wireless signal to determine an appropriate recipient and notification modality;
- sending a notification to the appropriate recipient regarding the received wireless signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.