Methods and systems for providing auditory messages for medical devices
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJames Alan Kleiss, Emil Markov Georgiev, Scott William Robinson
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing auditory messages for medical devices are provided. One system includes at least one medical device configured to generate a plurality of medical messages and a processor in the at least one medical device configured to generate an auditory signal corresponding to one of the plurality of medical messages. The auditory signal is configured based on a functional relationship linking psychological sound perceptions in a clinical environment to acoustic and musical sound variables.
Claims22
A medical system comprising:
- at least one medical device configured to generate a plurality of medical messages;
- and
- a processor in the at least one medical device configured to generate an auditory signal corresponding to one of the plurality of medical messages, wherein the auditory signal is configured based on a functional relationship linking psychological sound perceptions in a clinical environment to acoustic and musical sound variables.
A method for providing a medical sound environment, the method comprising:
- defining a plurality of auditory states representing a plurality of different medical messages or conditions;
- detecting one or more medical events and correlating the medical event to one of the medical messages or conditions;
- triggering a medical auditory message corresponding to the detected medical event, wherein the medical auditory message is configured based on a functional relationship linking psychological sound perceptions in a clinical environment to acoustic and musical sound variables;
- and
- outputting audibly the medical auditory message corresponding to the detected medical event.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a computer program for accessing a database, the computer program configured to:
- access a plurality of defined auditory signals corresponding to one of a plurality of medical messages, wherein the auditory signals are defined in the database based on a functional relationship linking psychological sound perceptions in a clinical environment to acoustic and musical sound variables;
- detecting a medical event and correlating the medical event to one of the medical messages;
- and
- generating an auditory signal for the medical message correlated to the medical event and defined in the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.