Patent ID: 7410475

Claim:
A graphical user interface for a portable peritoneal dialysis system comprising: a display device; a processor that operates with the display device to display a plurality of peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) screens; a first area of the display device dedicated to a plurality of mode selection icons, each mode icon dedicated to a single mode, the area and the mode selection icons displayed on each of the peritoneal dialysis screens; and a second area of the display device dedicated to temporarily displaying, for each selected mode icon, at least one of a graphic and text specific to a selected corresponding mode, the modes including a therapy mode, a parameter adjustment mode and a log mode, the processor configured upon selection of one of the modes to cause the display device to operate in the selected mode, the therapy mode including a graphic pictorially discerning between a PD fill cycle and a PD drain cycle and pictorially indicating how far the fill or drain cycle has proceeded.