HOME MEDICAL APPARATUS

• US 20120075266A1
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Shimizu, Nobutaka, Saotome, Suguru, Shioya, Takumi
• Granted Patent: US 9,069,886 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/1524 the interface providing means for actuating on functional elements of the cassette, e.g. plungers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/153 the cassette being adapted for heating or cooling the treating fluid, e.g. the dialysate or the treating gas
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/154 with sensing means or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/155 with treatment-fluid pumping means or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/1565 Details of valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/159 specially adapted for peritoneal dialysis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/28 Peritoneal dialysis ; Other peritoneal treatment, e.g. oxygenation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14272 for emergency, field or home use, e.g. self-contained kits to be carried by the doctor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/12 with interchangeable cassettes forming partially or totally the fluid circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A home medical apparatus can give explanations corresponding to the levels of proficiency in operation when explaining to a patient about operation procedures. A home medical apparatus according to this invention includes a selection unit which selects an explanation mode corresponding to the level of proficiency in operation, a storage unit which stores a plurality of display windows classified to the respective explanation modes upon associating them with each other between adjacent levels, and a display control unit which displays the display windows classified to the selected explanation mode in a predetermined order. When a detailed explanation button is pressed, the display control unit makes transition to a display window classified to an explanation mode one level lower than the current explanation mode.

Claims

1. A home medical apparatus configured to display an operation procedure on a display unit, comprising:

a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of explanation modes having different contents of explanations associated with the operation procedure in accordance with levels of proficiency in the operation procedure;

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of display windows displaying explanations associated with the operation procedure upon classifying the display windows to explanation modes corresponding to the levels of proficiency in the operation procedure in accordance with contents of the respective explanations, and storing display windows, of the plurality of display windows classified to the respective explanation modes, which are classified to explanation modes of adjacent levels when the explanation modes are hierarchically ranked in accordance with the levels of proficiency in the operation procedure, upon associating the display windows with each other in accordance with an operation purpose; and

a display control unit configured to display display-windows classified to an explanation mode selected by said selection unit on the display unit in a predetermined order.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising at least three explanation modes including an explanation mode to which a display window obtained by writing an explanation associated with one operation procedure on one window by using a text and a picture is classified, an explanation mode to which a display window obtained by writing an explanation associated with a plurality of operation procedures on one window by using a text and a picture is classified, and an explanation mode to which a display window obtained by writing an explanation associated with a plurality of operation procedures on one window by using a text is classified.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the home medical apparatus comprises one of a home infusion apparatus and a peritoneal dialysis apparatus.

4. A home medical apparatus configured to display operation procedures on a display unit, comprising:

a storage unit configured to store display windows respectively displaying the operation procedures;

a display control unit configured to control switching of display of the display windows so as to display the display windows on the display unit in a predetermined order; and

a selection unit configured to select one of a normal mode and a training mode with different methods of switching display of the display windows.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the apparatus is configured to input an instruction for making transition from a display window currently displayed on the display unit to a next display window, and an instruction for making transition from a display window currently displayed on the display unit to a previous display window.