Patent ID: 8021310

Claim:
A breathing support system, comprising: a breathing support device configured to deliver gas to a patient; a software-generated image representing a work of breathing graphic indicating one or more work of breathing measures regarding the patient's breathing, wherein the one or more work of breathing measures include an elastic work of breathing component and a resistive work of breathing component; a software-generated image representing an elastic work of breathing indicator indicating a measure of the elastic work of breathing component; a software-generated image representing a resistive work of breathing indicator indicating a measure of the resistive work of breathing component; and a display device associated with the breathing support device, the display device configured to display the software-generated images, wherein the software-generated image representing the work of breathing graphic includes: a software-generated image representing a scale; and one or more software-generated images representing work of breathing indicators that move relative to the software-generated image representing the scale to indicate the one or more work of breathing measures.