Medical treatment device with a user interface adapted for home or limited care environments
First Claim
1. An extracorporeal blood-treatment system, comprising:
- (a) a medical treatment device and an entertainment display operably connected to the medical treatment device so as to receive signals from the medical treatment device;
(b) the medical treatment device being attached to a patient being operable to perform an extracorporeal treatment of the patient'"'"'s blood;
(c) the entertainment display being operable in a first mode to display entertainment images and in a second mode to display information related to the medical treatment device; and
(d) the medical treatment device being operable to send signals to the entertainment display so as to cause the entertainment display to switch from the first mode to the second mode;
(e) a user input device coupled to the medical treatment device that allows the patient to adjust treatment.
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Abstract
A medical treatment device is disclosed that utilizes an entertainment displays such as a standard television set, to control the medical treatment device. For example, alarm conditions may be displayed and a user (such as a patient) can respond to such alarm conditions. During an uneventful treatment, the patient can view programs (e.g., television programs) on the entertainment display. The medical treatment device can override the entertainment program and cause the entertainment display to display information related to operation or status of the medical treatment device. The medical treatment device can also include a user input (e.g., keyboard, mouse, joystick, etc.) allowing the patient to move a selector image being displayed by the entertainment display to enable the patient to control the medical treatment device.
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31 Claims
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1. An extracorporeal blood-treatment system, comprising:
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(a) a medical treatment device and an entertainment display operably connected to the medical treatment device so as to receive signals from the medical treatment device; (b) the medical treatment device being attached to a patient being operable to perform an extracorporeal treatment of the patient'"'"'s blood; (c) the entertainment display being operable in a first mode to display entertainment images and in a second mode to display information related to the medical treatment device; and (d) the medical treatment device being operable to send signals to the entertainment display so as to cause the entertainment display to switch from the first mode to the second mode; (e) a user input device coupled to the medical treatment device that allows the patient to adjust treatment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An extracorporeal blood-treatment system, comprising:
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(a) treating means attached to a patient for treating blood extracorporeally routed from the patient for treatment and returned to the patient; (b) display means for entertaining the patient while the patient'"'"'s blood is being extracorporeally treated by said treating means, said display means being operable in a first mode to display entertainment images and in a second mode to display information related to said treating means; (c) said treating means being operably connected to said display means such that said treating means can cause said display means to switch from the first mode to the second mode and to convey in the second mode information related to said treating means to said display means; (d) input means coupled to the treating means for adjusting treatment to the patient.
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13. A medical system, comprising:
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a medical treatment device being attached to a patient and having a display adapter for medically treating the patient; the display adapter adapted for coupling to a display having a first mode of operation wherein a program unrelated to the medical treatment device is displayed and having a second mode of operation wherein information related to the medical treatment device is displayed; and a user input device coupled to the medical treatment device, the user input device adapted for allowing a user to use the display as a graphical user interface that is responsive to the user input device to selectively control the medical treatment device for adjusting treatment to the patient when the display is in the second mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for providing a person, watching an entertainment display, with information concerning a treatment alarm condition arising during an extracorporeal treatment of the person'"'"'s blood being conducted while the person is watching the entertainment display, the method comprising the steps:
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(a) displaying on the entertainment display a program unrelated to the treatment; (b) when the treatment alarm condition arises, overriding display on the entertainment display of the program unrelated to the treatment with a display on the entertainment display of information related to the treatment; and (c) wherein step (b) occurs automatically without intervention by the person. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of alerting a person to an alarm condition, arising with a medical device during a medical treatment performed using the medical device, through a display adapted to receive video signals and radio frequency (RF) signals, the method comprising the steps:
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(a) operating the display in a first mode in which the display receives and displays to the person images corresponding to the RF signals; (b) in response to the alarm condition, switching the display from the first mode to a second mode in which the display receives and displays to the person images corresponding to the video signals; and (c) wherein step (b) is performed automatically in response to the alarm condition without intervention by the person.
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28. An extracorporeal blood-treatment system, comprising:
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(a) at least two medical treatment devices for performing extracorporeal treatment on one or more patients; (b) an input device for allowing the user to selectively control one or more of the medical treatment devices by using an entertainment display as a user interface that is responsive to the input device; and (c) a selector coupled between the input device and the medical treatment devices, the selector for routing signals from the input device to a selected medical treatment device for controlling the selected medical treatment device and for adjusting treatment to a patient in response to the input device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A method for providing a person, watching an entertainment display, with information concerning a treatment alarm condition arising during an extracorporeal treatment of the person'"'"'s blood being conducted while the person is watching the entertainment display, the method comprising the steps:
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(a) displaying on the entertainment display a program unrelated to the treatment; (b) when the treatment alarm condition arises, overriding display on the entertainment display of the program unrelated to the treatment with a display on the entertainment display of information related to the treatment; and (c) wherein in step (b) during the alarm condition, the entertainment display displays a selector image, and the user input is operable to move the selector image for adjusting treatment to a patient when the user input is manipulated during an alarm condition.
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Specification