Patent ID: 9308384
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61N,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A multi-mode electronic medical device, comprising: a device housing that defines a front side of the device that is positioned to be visible to a user of the device during use of the device; a display area comprising a thin panel having a substantially flat front surface portion along the front side of the device; a translucent layer behind, and aligned with, the thin panel; a layer of text or graphics behind, and aligned with the translucent layer, and arranged so that the text or graphics is not visible to a user on the front side of the device when light is not provided from inside the device housing; a switch to allow a user to select a first operating mode or a second operating mode for the device, the switch having a first position corresponding to the first operating mode and a second position corresponding to the second operating mode; and circuitry arranged to energize one or more light sources to provide light from behind the thin panel when the device is in the second operating mode, and to thereby make visible the text or graphics when the device is switched from the first operating mode to the second operations mode, wherein the device is arranged to energize the one or more light sources as a result of a user of the device operating the switch to change the device from the first operating mode to the second operating mode, wherein when the device is in the first operating mode, one or more text or graphics labeling the first position are visible to the user on the front side of the device, and one or more text or graphics labeling the second position are not visible to the user on the front side of the device, and wherein when the device is in the second operating mode, the one or more text or graphics labeling the first position are visible to the user on the front side of the device, and one or more text or graphics labeling the second position are visible to the user on the front side of the device.