Patent ID: 8075509

Claim:
Medical apparatus comprising: at least a user interface for enabling setting of a plurality of parameters pertinent to operation of said apparatus or pertinent to a process to be performed by said apparatus, the user interface including at least a screen; a number of sensors for detecting actual values of said parameters; a control system for controlling operation of said medical apparatus, the control system being connected to said sensors, being responsive to actions by a user on said user interface, and being programmed for executing the following steps: displaying on said screen a number of indicia, each relating to a corresponding parameter and comprising an indicium border delimiting an indicium selection area; allowing selection of an indicium among said number for identifying the parameter a user intends to modify, allowing setting of a new set value for said parameter; receiving from at least one of the sensors a measure of the actual value for said parameter; displaying on the indicium selection area of the indicium both the actual value and the set value for the corresponding parameter, the control system being programmed to contemporaneously display in the indicium selection area of a same parameter the following regions: a first region displaying the set value a user has set for the parameter, a second region, distinct from the first region, displaying the current actual value for the same parameter, the first region and the second region occupying respective areas having different sizes on the indicium selection area.