Patent ID: 9703926
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61M,G06F,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for customization of a user interface of a microprocessor controlled medical apparatus for extracorporal blood treatment, whereby the medical apparatus comprises a software component driving the user interface on a touch screen of the medical apparatus, and the software component has a technical support and maintenance mode and a treatment mode in which a patient therapy is taking place, and at least one target window is displayed on the touch screen during the patient therapy in the treatment mode, whereby said target window displays at least one of measured parameters or set parameters of the therapy, and at least the appearance of one target window is modified by a customization procedure that is performed within the target window during the treatment mode to modify selection and position of parameters, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a plurality of defined positions within the target window during the patient therapy, wherein at least one measured parameter or set parameter is displayed in the target window in graphical form in a first of the plurality of displayed defined positions as a first parameter; identifying a first touch selection within the first of the displayed defined positions; displaying, during the patient therapy, a menu within the target window including a plurality of selectable parameters in response to identifying the first touch selection; receiving a second touch selection of one of the plurality of the displayed selectable parameters; and positioning, during the patient therapy, the one of the plurality of selectable parameters in the first of the displayed defined positions as a second parameter, such that the first parameter is displayed graphically within the target window in the first of the displayed defined positions, and the second parameter is subsequently displayed either numerically or graphically in the first of the displayed defined positions instead of the first parameter.