Patent ID: 8663166

Claim:
A medical fluid injector system comprising: a stand; a powerhead comprising a powerhead housing, wherein said powerhead is interconnected with, supported by, and tiltable relative to said stand; a syringe mounted to said powerhead housing and having a movable plunger disposed within said syringe, wherein at least a portion of said syringe is located outside said powerhead housing; a motorized drive having a syringe ram designed both to move in and out of said powerhead housing to cause movement of said plunger within the syringe; and a touch screen display incorporated into said powerhead housing and configured to provide an interactive user interface for controlling the system, wherein a first screen presentable on said touch screen display comprises a button, wherein pressing said button alters an orientation of an output on said first screen, and wherein said first screen further comprises: a first volume region for a first phase of an injection procedure; a first flow rate region for said first phase of said injection procedure; a second volume region for a second phase of said injection procedure; and a second flow rate region for said second phase of said injection procedure, wherein pressing any of said first volume region, said first flow rate region, said second volume region, and said second flow rate region on said first screen generates a second screen, wherein said second screen comprises a protocol parameter entry screen, wherein said protocol parameter entry screen comprises a separate input region for each of a volume for said first phase, a flow rate for said first phase, a volume for said second phase, and a flow rate for said second phase, wherein each said input region may be pressed to add a value to the corresponding said input region.