DEVICE WITH DISPLAY AND CONTROL

• US 20100013630A1
• Filed: 09/28/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Lindegger, Stefan, Nissels, Robert, Sigrist, Reto, Friedli, Kurt, Etter, Philip
• Application Number:
  US12/567,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20100013630A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.290
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/215 Tilt detection, e.g. for warning or shut-off
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/586 Ergonomic details therefor, e.g. specific ergonomics for left or right-handed users
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body

Abstract

A device including a display for displaying operational and/or functional parameters of the device and a control unit with at least one control element for controlling the display and/or device, wherein the display is at least partly rotatable with respect to the device, and/or wherein the position of the at least one control element is modifiable or changeable with respect to the device. In some embodiments, the control functions of at least two control elements of the device are interchangeable. In some embodiments, the display is provided by data sent to the display at intervals, whereby the display is updated. In embodiments in which several display parts are rotatable, data is processed by a processing module prior to being sent to the display. A method of display and/or display and control manipulation is encompassed.

Claims

1. A device for administering or monitoring the administration of a medical product comprising:

a display for displaying at least operational and functional parameters of the device, wherein the display is at least partially rotatable with respect to a housing of the device; and

a control unit comprising at least one control element, wherein a position of the at least one control element with respect to the housing or a function of the at least one control element can be changed, and wherein the control unit comprises a sensor which measures the orientation of the device three-dimensionally with respect to the earth'"'"'s gravity or magnetic field, and the rotation at least of parts of the display, the changing or interchanging of control elements and the interchanging of control functions takes place in accordance with the sensor measurement.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein a position of the at least one control element with respect to the housing can be changed.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein a function of the at least one control element can be changed.

4. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit comprises a dose-selector button which, for selecting a dose of a product to be administered by the device, executes a dosing movement relative to the housing, and, for administering the selected dose, executes a dispensing movement from a first position to a second position, in which case the rotation of the display or the change of position or function of the at least one control element takes place in the first position of the dose-selector button.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a switch upon whose actuation the display is rotated, the position of the at least one control element is changed or the functions of control elements of the control unit are interchanged.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a sensor which measures the orientation of the device with respect to a reference system, and the rotation at least of parts of the display, the changing or interchanging of control elements and the interchanging of control functions takes place in accordance with the sensor measurement.

5. A method for rotating at least part of a display for operational or functional parameters of a device comprising a display field and a processing module, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a display on the display field by providing data, the data being sent at time intervals from a memory to the display field, the display thus being updated at the time intervals, and

rotating at least one part of the display, wherein

the data from the memory, before being sent to the display field, is processed by the processing module in accordance with the rotation.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processing module processes the data for rotation on the basis of a manual input or a signal from a sensor for 10 measuring the orientation of the device with respect to a reference system.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein, for the rotation of the display, lines of the display field are filled from bottom right to top left for a rotated orientation of the display instead of from top left to bottom right for a preceding orientation of the display.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein, for the rotation of the display, the display field is filled column by column for a rotated orientation of the display instead of line by line for a preceding orientation of the display.

10. A device for administering and/or monitoring the administration of a medical product comprising:

a display for displaying at least operational and functional parameters of the device, wherein the display is at least partially rotatable with respect to a housing of the device; and

a control unit comprising at least one control element, wherein a position of the at least one control element with respect to the housing or a function of the at least one control element can be changed, and wherein the control unit comprises a switch upon whose actuation the display is rotated, the position of the at least one control element is changed or the functions of control elements of the control unit are interchanged.