Patent ID: 6738052
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A device for operating technical medical apparatus comprising:a display screen; a touchscreen surface; second means for displaying a schematic representation of at least two components of the apparatus and functional relationships between the components, using a separate characteristic symbol to represent each of the at least two components of the apparatus, each of the components selected from the group consisting of pumps, cut-off devices, sensors, and heating devices, the functional relationships comprising at least one of electrical and fluid connections between the components; and first means for displaying and/or for allowing a user to alter treatment parameters related to the components, wherein touching by the user of the characteristics symbol displayed by the second means allows display and/or alteration via the first means of the treatment parameters corresponding to the component represented by the characteristic symbol, the parameters comprising at least one of actual and desired flow, temperature, on/off status and valve opening status.