Patent ID: 7698596

Claim:
A medical device for diagnostics or therapy, comprising: an analysis device for performing a self-analysis of the medical device and generating a plurality of system-internal status messages based on the self-analysis, wherein informational content of the plurality of system-internal status messages demands having completed a level of training sufficient for a medical personnel user to extract knowledge from the plurality of system-internal status messages, wherein the analysis device is adapted to detect a deviation of an operating status from a standard operating status of the medical device and assign the deviation to a system-internal cryptic error code; a database for storing technical and application knowledge related to the medical device; a processing device for processing the plurality of system-internal status messages with respect to the technical and application knowledge stored in the database, wherein the processing device includes an interpreter to form at least one interpreted status message related to operating the medical system based upon the stored technical and application knowledge, wherein informational content of the at least one interpreted status message is enhanced with technical and application knowledge stored in the database thereby dispensing the medical personnel user with having to complete the training demanded to extract knowledge from the plurality of system-internal status messages; and an operating console for inputting operating instructions and outputting the interpreted status message, wherein operating instructions to the medical personnel user for operating the medical system upon occurrence of at least one system deviation are adjusted by the medical personnel user in response to information contained in the status message formed by the interpreter.