Medical Apparatus and User Interface for a Medical Apparatus
First Claim
1. 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 control system for controlling operation of said medical apparatus and responsive to actions by a user on said user interface,said control system being programmed for executing the following steps;
defining on said screen an operating region, where a number of working displays can be displayed, and a navigation region, where a number of navigation keys can be displayed,organizing said navigation keys according to a multi-level hierarchical structure where son-keys of a specific navigation key are defined as keys hierarchically one level below said specific key, and ancestor-keys of a specific key are defined as keys hierarchically one or more levels above the specific key;
associating to each of said number of navigation keys a corresponding working display;
verifying selection of a navigation key;
displaying in said navigation region at least the following keys;
the key selected by the user,if present, one or more son-keys of the selected key, andif present, one or more ancestor-keys;
displaying, in the operating region, at least the working display associated to the selected key.
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Abstract
A medical apparatus comprises a user interface (30) enabling setting of parameters and a control system (18) for defining on the user interface screen (31) an operating region (32), where working displays are displayed, and a navigation region (33), where navigation keys (35) are displayed; the navigation keys are organized in a multi-level hierarchical structure where each navigation key has a corresponding working display; the control system verifies selection of a key, displays the corresponding working display in the operating region and displays the following keys in the navigation region: the selected key (38), one or more son-keys (139) of the selected key, and one or more ancestor-keys (41). A method for setting the medical apparatus and a software program is also disclosed.
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59 Claims
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1. Medical apparatus comprising:
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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 control system for controlling operation of said medical apparatus and responsive to actions by a user on said user interface, said control system being programmed for executing the following steps; defining on said screen an operating region, where a number of working displays can be displayed, and a navigation region, where a number of navigation keys can be displayed, organizing said navigation keys according to a multi-level hierarchical structure where son-keys of a specific navigation key are defined as keys hierarchically one level below said specific key, and ancestor-keys of a specific key are defined as keys hierarchically one or more levels above the specific key; associating to each of said number of navigation keys a corresponding working display; verifying selection of a navigation key; displaying in said navigation region at least the following keys; the key selected by the user, if present, one or more son-keys of the selected key, and if present, one or more ancestor-keys; displaying, in the operating region, at least the working display associated to the selected key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. User interface device for enabling setting of a plurality of parameters pertinent to operation of an apparatus or pertinent to a process to be performed by said apparatus, the user interface including at least a screen, and a control system connectable to said apparatus and responsive to actions by a user on said user interface, said control system being programmed for executing the following steps:
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defining on said screen an operating region, where a number of working displays can be displayed, and a navigation region, where a number of navigation keys can be displayed, organizing said navigation keys according to a multi-level hierarchical structure where son-keys of a specific navigation key are defined as keys hierarchically one level below said specific key, and ancestor-keys of a specific key are defined as keys hierarchically one or more levels above the specific key; associating to each of said number of navigation keys a corresponding working display; verifying selection of a navigation key; displaying in said navigation region at least the following keys; the key selected by the user, if present, one or more son-keys of the selected key, and one or more ancestor-keys; displaying, in the operating region, at least the working display associated to the selected key. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. Method for enabling setting up of a medical apparatus, the apparatus including 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,
said method comprising the following steps: -
defining on said screen an operating region, where a number of working displays can be displayed, and a navigation region, where a number of navigation keys can be displayed, organizing said navigation keys according to a multi-level hierarchical structure where son-keys of a specific navigation key are defined as keys hierarchically one level below said specific key, and ancestor-keys of a specific key are defined as keys hierarchically one or more levels above the specific key; associating to each of said, number of navigation keys a corresponding working display; verifying selection of a navigation key; displaying in said navigation region at least the following keys; the key selected by the user, if present, one or more son-keys of the selected key, and if present, one or more ancestor-keys; displaying, in the operating region, at least the working display associated to the selected key. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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