US 11,992,657 B2
Detection of audible alerts
Alexander S. Campbell, Encino, CA (US)
Assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC., Northridge, CA (US)
Filed by Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/165,365.
Prior Publication US 2022/0241502 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 5/1723 (2013.01) [G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a microphone configured to generate an audio signal indicative of audio captured by the microphone;
one or more processors; and
one or more processor-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of:
determining an occurrence of an alert condition;
transmitting, to a separate device and via a short-range wireless communication channel, data indicative of the occurrence of the alert condition, wherein the separate device is physically separate from the medical device;
after transmitting the data indicative of the occurrence of the alert condition to the separate device, determining, based on the audio signal generated by the microphone, whether the separate device has outputted an audible alert indicative of the alert condition; and
responsive to determining that the separate device has not outputted the audible alert, causing performance of one or more remedial actions until the microphone generates a different audio signal indicative of the separate device outputting the audible alert indicative of the alert condition.