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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Lee Daniel Tanenbaum, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Fei Wang, Concord, CA (US);
Mario Gumina, Danville, CA (US);
Thomas Merics, Antioch, CA (US);
Eric Hoffstetter, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Matthew J. Doyle, Concord, CA (US);
Aleo Nobel Mok, Orinda, CA (US);
Wayne Raiford, Vallejo, CA (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A dialysis machine includes a user interface for providing visual information and/or spoken information to a user. For example, in some implementations, the user interface may be configured to provide visual information related to an action, such as showing the action being partially or fully completed, and a speaker can provide spoken instructions to assist the user in machine set-up, calibration and/or operation. Such instructions can be particularly useful in a home dialysis setting. In some implementations, the speaker can provide spoken alarms that are related to alarm conditions. The spoken alarms may include patient and/or dialysis machine identifying information. The verbosity of the spoken instructions and/or the spoken alarms may be adjustable, and both may be accompanied by visual information displayed by the dialysis machine (e.g. visual alarms, images and/or video).