BATCH PARAMETER SETTINGS IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS

• US 20130293570A1
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AG (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AG (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Dolgos, Sandor, Schin, Robert D., Szamko, Peter, Kinoranyi, Gabor
• Granted Patent: US 9,293,110 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/16 with membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/70 with testing or calibration facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Methods for setting mutually dependent parameters of a microprocessor controlled medical apparatus are disclosed. Mutually dependent parameters may be set by displaying mutually dependent parameter settings, displaying possible values for at least one parameter setting, whereby limits of the range of possible values is mutable and is automatically determined based on the current parameter settings, adjusting a parameter setting upon manual selection by an operator, automatically determining and displaying the value of at least one parameter setting depending on the parameter setting that is adjusted by the operator, whereby the determination of the dependent parameter setting is based on a stored relationship between parameter settings, implementing the set of adjusted parameter settings by actuating a batch setting acceptance operation, and operating the medical apparatus based on the set of adjusted parameter settings.

Claims

1. Method for setting mutually dependent parameters of a microprocessor controlled medical apparatus, said medical apparatus comprising a user interface for setting said parameters, a screen for displaying said parameters and a storage unit in which a set of rules is stored defining relationships between mutually dependent parameters,

wherein upon change of a first parameter range limits of at least one second parameter are set as a function of rules defining relationships between said first parameter and said at least one second parameter.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the medical apparatus further comprises means for manual selection and amendment of the parameters by an operator, the method comprising:

displaying on the screen a set of at least two mutually dependent parameters;

displaying on the screen a range of possible values for at least one parameter, whereby at least one of the limiters of the range of possible values is mutable and is automatically determined based on the current parameters;

adjusting a parameter upon manual selection by an operator;

automatically determining and displaying the value of at least one parameter depending on the parameter that is adjusted by the operator, whereby the determination of said dependent parameter is at least based on the stored relationships between parameters;

implementing the set of amended parameters by actuating a batch setting acceptance operation; and

operating the processes of the medical apparatus based on the set of amended parameters.

3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the range of possible values for at least one dependent parameter is automatically determined and displayed when a parameter is adjusted by the operator, whereby the determination of said dependent range is at least based on the stored relationships between parameters setting.

4. Method according to claim 2, wherein the parameters cannot be adjusted to values beyond the respective ranges of possible values.

5. Method according to claim 2, wherein the parameters can be adjusted to values beyond the respective ranges of possible values, and an adjustment beyond a range of possible values is indicated visually and/or acoustically.

6. Method according to claim 2, wherein the determination of dependent parameters and/or ranges of possible values for parameters is also based on additional data that is provided to the software component.

7. Method according to claim 2, wherein the determination of dependent parameters and/or ranges of possible values for parameters is also based on priority rules that are stored in the storage unit (22).

8. Method according to claim 2, wherein at least one range of possible values for a parameter is automatically adjusted as a function of the therapy time.

9. Method according to claim 8, wherein a parameter is automatically adjusted to possible values, when a mutable limiter of the time dependent range of possible values becomes equal to a current parameter.

10. Method according to claim 8, wherein it is indicated visually and/or acoustically, when a mutable limiter of the time dependent range of possible values becomes equal to a current parameter.

11. Method according to claim 2, wherein the parameters and/or the range of possible values for at least one parameter are displayed in numerical form.

12. Method according to claim 1, wherein the parameters and/or the range of possible values for at least one parameter are displayed by means of sliders on a labeled scale.

13. Method according to claim 2, wherein the screen is a touchscreen, and the batch setting acceptance operation for implementing a set of amended parameters is actuated by a soft button on the touchscreen.

14. Method according to claim 2, wherein the batch setting acceptance operation for implementing a set of amended parameters is actuated by a hardware button at the extracorporal blood treatment device.

15. Medical apparatus, comprising a software component driving a user interface connected to a screen and a storage unit in which a set of rules is stored that defines the relationship between mutually dependent parameters based on which the medical apparatus is operated, wherein the medical apparatus further comprises means for manual selection and amendment of the parameters by an operator and means for setting and implementing mutually dependent parameters with the method according to claim 1.

16. Medical apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the medical apparatus is an extracorporal blood treatment device.