Graphical user interface for automated dialysis system

• US 7,410,475 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2006
• Issued: 08/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
• Inventors: Sharo, Randall, Callahan, Eric, Toczko, Debra, Yue, Li, Reese, William J., Khorashabi, Seyed, Krensky, Andrea
• Primary Examiner(s): KIM, SUN U
• Application Number:
  US11/331,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20060113250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 210/85, 210/143, 604/29, 345/156, 345/173, 345/184, 345/593, 345/594, 715/700, 715/704, 715/705, 715/708, 715/709, 715/710, 715/712
• US Class Current: 604/29
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/1522 the interface being evacuated interfaces to enhance contact
• 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 1/155 with treatment-fluid pumping means or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/1561 at least one cassette surface or portion thereof being flexible, e.g. the cassette having a rigid base portion with preformed channels and being covered with a foil
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/1565 Details of valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/159 specially adapted for peritoneal dialysis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/166 Heating for sterilisation A61M1/1686
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/28 Peritoneal dialysis ; Other peritoneal treatment, e.g. oxygenation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/288 Priming priming in extracorporeal blood circuits A61M1/3643
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/127 with provisions for heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/128 with incorporated valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/581 by audible feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method, system and apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis are provided. To this end, in part, a dialysis system is provided. The dialysis system includes a display device and a web browser and web server embedded in the dialysis system. The browser and the server operate with the display device to display a number of dialysis therapy set-up procedure screens that require operator input, and to display a number of dialysis treatment screens that graphically illustrate the progress of at least one step in the dialysis therapy in at least substantially real time.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface for a portable peritoneal dialysis system comprising:

a display device;

a processor that operates with the display device to display a plurality of peritoneal dialysis (“

PD”

) screens;

a first area of the display device dedicated to a plurality of mode selection icons, each mode icon dedicated to a single mode, the area and the mode selection icons displayed on each of the peritoneal dialysis screens; and

a second area of the display device dedicated to temporarily displaying, for each selected mode icon, at least one of a graphic and text specific to a selected corresponding mode, the modes including a therapy mode, a parameter adjustment mode and a log mode, the processor configured upon selection of one of the modes to cause the display device to operate in the selected mode, the therapy mode including a graphic pictorially discerning between a PD fill cycle and a PD drain cycle and pictorially indicating how far the fill or drain cycle has proceeded.

2. The graphical user interface of claim 1, which includes an input device that operates so that a user can indicate that a peritoneal dialysis therapy step displayed by one of the peritoneal dialysis screens has been completed.

3. The graphical user interface of claim 1, which includes an input device that operates to stop a peritoneal dialysis step corresponding to one of the peritoneal dialysis screens.

4. The graphical user interface of claim 1, which includes an input device that operates to cause a display of a previously displayed one of the peritoneal dialysis screens.

5. The graphical user interface of claim 1, which includes a plurality of input devices that operate with the processor to control the display of one of a plurality of different sets of screens, the sets categorizing the screens according to functionality, the sets each corresponding to one of the mode selection icons.

6. The graphical user interface of claim 5, wherein the sets of screens include a therapy set, a parameter adjustment set and a log set.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 1, which includes an analog input device that operates with the processor so that at least one operating dialysis parameter on one of the peritoneal dialysis screens is displayed, which is not initially displayed by the peritoneal dialysis screens.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein the second area is bordered by a box.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 1, which includes a touch screen, the mode selection icons each corresponding to a separate selectable area of the touch screen.

10. The graphical user interface of claim 1, which includes an apparatus for indicating the mode selection icon that corresponds to a currently active mode.

11. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein a plurality of therapy set-up screens in the therapy mode have a first coloration and a plurality of therapy treatment screens in the therapy mode have a second coloration.

12. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein the therapy mode includes a plurality of therapy set-up screens that require an input from a user to proceed through the set-up screens and a plurality of dialysis treatment screens that do not require an input by the user to proceed through the dialysis treatment.

13. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein at least one of the modes corresponding to at least one of the mode selection icons includes a plurality of selectable sub-categories.

14. A graphical user interface for a portable peritoneal dialysis system comprising:

a display device;

a processor that operates with the display device to display a plurality of peritoneal dialysis (“

PD”

) screens;

a selectable therapy mode icon, a selectable parameter adjustment mode icon and a selectable log information mode icon displayed on each of the plurality of peritoneal dialysis screens; and

an area of the display device dedicated to temporarily displaying, for each of the selectable mode icons, at least one of a graphic and text specific to its corresponding mode, the processor configured upon selection of one of the therapy mode icon to cause the display device to display a graphic pictorially discerning between a PD fill cycle and a PD drain cycle and pictorially indicating how far the fill or drain cycle has proceeded.

15. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein a therapy mode corresponding to the therapy mode icon includes graphics and text pertaining to at least one of:

supply gathering, line clamping, hygienic operation and line disconnection.

16. The graphical user interface of claim 14, which includes a touch screen, the mode selection icons each corresponding to a separate selectable area of the touch screen.

17. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein at least one mode corresponding to one of the mode selection icons includes a plurality of selectable sub-categories.

18. A graphical user interface for a portable peritoneal dialysis system comprising:

a display device;

a processor that operates with the display device to display a plurality of peritoneal dialysis screens;

a selectable therapy mode icon, a selectable parameter adjustment mode icon and a selectable log information icon displayed on each of the plurality of peritoneal dialysis screens; and

the processor configured upon selection of the therapy mode icon to cause the display device to display and operate a plurality of therapy set-up screens and a plurality of therapy treatment screens, the therapy treatment screens including a graphic pictorially discerning between a PD fill cycle and a PD drain cycle and pictorially indicating how far the fill or drain cycle has proceeded.

19. The graphical user interface of claim 18, which includes a touch screen, the mode selection icons each corresponding to a separate selectable area of the touch screen.

20. The graphical user interface of claim 18, wherein the mode corresponding to the parameter adjustment mode icon includes at least one selectable sub-category selected from the group consisting of:

patient preferences, daily patient data, therapy parameters, nurse parameters and service parameters.