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Adjusting sound on a medical device

  • US 9,814,817 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2015
  • Issued: 11/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dialysis machine comprising:

  • a microphone;

    an alert module for producing an alert that is recognizable by a listener as relating to an operating condition of the dialysis machine; and

    a processing module configured for;

    receiving, from the microphone, information related to measured noise that originates from a source other than the dialysis machine;

    determining, based on the information related to the measured noise, an audible level of a characteristic of the measured noise, wherein the characteristic is volume;

    determining an alert having an audible level that is audibly discernable from the audible level of the characteristic of the measured noise when the alert is produced by the alert module, wherein a volume level of the alert is maintained within a threshold volume level of the audible level of the characteristic of the measured noise to prevent a patient receiving treatment from the dialysis machine from being startled by the alert; and

    providing, to the alert module, instructions for producing the alert.

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