Dialysis system having a directional alarm system
OwnerDavid Yuds, Ulrich Moisslinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A medical device, such as a dialysis machine, may be equipped with a focused directional speaker system and/or displays to direct audible and visual alarms towards a patient in order to minimize disruption to others caused by an alarm. The speaker system may be useful for home dialysis patients whose alarming devices at night wake up not only their partners but also neighbors, especially when the patient is hard of hearing or a heavy sleeper and needs to set the volume at the loudest setting in order to hear it. Further implementation and safety features may provide that, if the patient still does not awaken after a set amount of time to clear the alarm, then the dialysis device broadcasts the alarm to the entire room.
Claims20
A dialysis system, comprising:
- a dialysis machine having an alarm generation component;
- a directional alarm system communicatively coupled to the dialysis machine, wherein the directional alarm system includes a directional speaker that generates directional sound waves,
- wherein, in response to generation of an alarm by the alarm generation component of the dialysis machine, the directional speaker emits the directional sound waves indicating the alarm in a controlled direction.
A method for handling notification of a dialysis alarm, comprising:
- generating an alarm at a dialysis machine using an alarm generation component;
- activating a directional alarm system to the dialysis machine, wherein the directional alarm system includes a directional speaker that generates directional sound waves;
- in response to the generation of an alarm by the alarm generation component of the dialysis machine, emitting the directional sound waves indicating the alarm from the directional speaker in a controlled direction.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable code that, when executed by a processor, performs a method for handling notification of a dialysis alarm, the method comprising:
- generating an alarm at a dialysis machine using an alarm generation component;
- activating a directional alarm system to the dialysis machine, wherein the directional alarm system includes a directional speaker that generates directional sound waves;
- in response to the generation of an alarm by the alarm generation component of the dialysis machine, emitting the directional sound waves indicating the alarm from the directional speaker in a controlled direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.