Medical Device with Audio Output for Use in a Sterile Field
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsJohn Picot, Gary Ellerbusch, Matthew Lee Kolb, Hong Zhu
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Abstract
A medical device with audio output for use in a sterile field may include a housing and an audio output device. The housing may include an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface may define an interior space of the housing including the audio output device, and the interior space of the housing may be fluidically sealed from an external environment by the housing. The audio output device may include a speaker and/or an audio exciter.
Claims19
A medical device with audio output for use in a sterile field, comprising:
- a housing including an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface defines an interior space of the housing, and wherein the housing includes an opening to the interior space of the housing;
- a speaker cover in the opening of the housing, wherein the housing and the speaker cover fluidically seal the interior space of the housing from an external environment, and wherein the exterior surface of the housing is exposed to the external environment;
- a speaker enclosure connected to the housing;
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- a speaker frame including a speaker driver in the interior space of the housing between the speaker cover and the speaker enclosure, wherein the interior space of the housing including the speaker frame including the speaker driver is fluidically sealed from the external environment by the housing and the speaker cover.
A medical device with audio output for use in a sterile field, comprising:
- a housing including an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface defines an interior space of the housing, and wherein the interior space of the housing is fluidically sealed from an external environment by the housing;
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- an audio exciter connected to the interior surface of the housing and fluidically sealed from the external environment by the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.