Patent ID: 7935250

Claim:
A blood processing apparatus comprising a cabinet ( 2 ), a user interface ( 13 ), and cinematic coupling means ( 14 ), the cabinet ( 2 ) defining at least an interior housing ( 6 ), the cabinet presenting an aperture ( 6 a ) for allowing access from outside into said housing, the user interface ( 13 ) being mounted on the cabinet, said user interface being movable from a first position, where the user interface closes said aperture and prevents access through said aperture into said housing, and a second position, where said aperture is not closed by said user interface so that access through said aperture into said housing is permitted, said user interface comprising a display screen, said cinematic coupling means ( 14 ) being interposed between the cabinet and the user interface ( 13 ) and being operative to move the user interface along a prefixed arc-shaped trajectory from said first position to said second position, said display screen being viewable by a user looking horizontally (a) when the user interface is in the first position, (b) when the user interface is in the second position, and (c) during the entire movement of the user interface from the first position to the second position.