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Dialysis system having video display with ambient light adjustment

  • US 8,870,812 B2
  • Filed: 02/15/2007
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical therapy machine comprising:

  • an enclosure;

    a medical therapy machine component located inside the enclosure;

    a video monitor supported by the enclosure and displaying at least one of information and indicia relating to the medical therapy;

    an ambient light sensor attached to the enclosure and located in substantially the same plane as the video monitor, the ambient light sensor facing a same direction as the video monitor so as to avoid receiving light directly from the video monitor, the ambient light sensor sensing a level of ambient light impinging the video monitor; and

    a logic implementor configured to control a level of backlight brightness for the video monitor based on the level of ambient light sensed by the sensor.

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