User selectable masking sounds for medical instruments

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8798284
APP PUB NO 20080243211A1
SERIAL NO

11695155

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A medical instrument includes a sound card or an internal capability for generating sounds from a digital music or sound file. The medical instrument is one which generates unwanted noise and is constantly in the presence of a patient or an operator, and may be in a home, a clinic, a laboratory, or other intimate setting. For instance, a patient may be typically connected for hours to a hemodialysis machine that has a noisy pump. A blood-plasma volunteer may be hooked to a noisy blood separation machine for a period of time. A laboratory technician may work in close proximity to a sample preparation machine that constantly gurgles and whirrs. In each instance, a sound card and a speaker can generate previously-recorded masking noises that make that the presence and operation of the machine more tolerable.

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BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INCONE BAXTER PARKWAY DEERFIELD IL 60015
BAXTER HEALTHCARE S AHERTISTRASSE 2 WALLISELLEN CH-8304

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cartwright, Jason Libertyville, US 7 331
Childers, Robert Trinity, US 35 3169
Howard, David Gulfport, US 81 1555
Niedospial, John Trinity, US 2 132

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