Home medical apparatus

• US 9,069,886 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Nobutaka, Saotome, Suguru, Shioya, Takumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lao, Lun-Yi
• Assistant Examiner(s): KHAN, IBRAHIM A
• Application Number:
  US13/240,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20120075266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• Field of Search: 604/29, 715/707, 434/323, 210/646
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 peritoneal dialysis apparatus which is 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;

wherein the plurality of explanation modes includes at least four explanation modes including;

a detailed guide mode which is a detailed guide for an operator who uses the peritoneal dialysis apparatus for the first time, wherein in the detailed guide mode, a guide is performed to explain each operation procedure by using one window with a combination of voice and graphic representation including texts and pictures;

a normal guide mode which is an explanation mode, wherein in the normal guide mode, a guide is performed to explain a plurality of operation procedures as one group by using one window with a combination of voice and graphic representation including texts and pictures;

a simplified guide mode which is an explanation mode of further grouping a plurality of operation procedures, which are grouped in accordance with the purpose of operation in the normal guide mode, into one group, and explaining the grouped operation procedures by using one window with texts while reading the grouped operation procedures aloud; and

a short guide mode which is an explanation mode of displaying further a plurality of operation procedures by using one window with texts while reading the operation procedures aloud, in comparison with the simplified guide mode.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said display unit is a touch panel,

wherein said storage unit further stores, as selection auxiliary information, levels of the respective explanation modes and the numbers of times the touch panel has been operated at the respective levels, and

wherein said selection unit selects one explanation mode in accordance with a level of proficiency in the operation procedure based on the selection auxiliary information stored in said storage unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a predetermined number of operation mistakes or more while operating in an explanation mode is made,

wherein if a predetermined number of specific operation mistakes or more is made, the apparatus determines that the operator cannot operate only in the explanation mode of the current level, and automatically makes transition to the explanation mode of one level lower than the current mode to give an explanation of only an operation procedure associated with the operation.