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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
James Alan Kleiss, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Karel William Barnoski, Dublin, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/7415 (2013.01); A61B 5/486 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes at least one medical device configured to generate a plurality of messages and a control unit in the at least one device. The control unit is configured to generate an auditory signal corresponding to one of the plurality of 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 properties. The functional relationship includes a plurality of types of auditory messages defining seven unique categories.