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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Tarn, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Fei Wang, Concord, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fresnius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/14 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01); G08B 29/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/14 (2013.01); A61M 1/1601 (2014.02); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 29/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dialysis machine comprising: a microphone; an alert module for producing an audible alert related to an operating condition of the dialysis machine; and a processing module configured for: receiving, from the microphone, information related to measured noise; determining, based on the information related to measured noise, an audible alert that will not be masked by the measured noise when the audible alert is produced by the alert module; and providing, to the alert module, instructions for producing the audible alert.