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US 11,116,861 B2Granted
Device for washing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods and methods and program products for use therein
AssigneeGetinge Sterilization AB
InventorsHanna Ljungström, Per Norlin
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Abstract
Devices having user-interactive guided control interfaces. The devices are for washing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods. Devices may include sterilizers, washer-disinfectors, autoclaves, and washers. Users are only presented with user interface objects which are appropriate at each step or process state of the guided process. Devices may include a touch screen, a chamber for goods to be processed, and a door to the chamber. Different sets of user interface objects are presented on a display for different respective states of the device.
Claims21
A device for washing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods, the device comprising:
- a touch screen;
- a chamber for receiving said medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods;
- a door;
- and
- processing circuitry and computer executable instructions configured to cause the device to perform a process as follows:
- detecting a first process state of the device;
- indicating permitted ways of operating the device in the first process state to a user by indicating on the touch screen a first set of graphical interactive user interface objects, the first set of graphical interactive user interface objects being associated with the first process state and being visually differentiated on the touch screen from other graphical interactive user interface objects not associated with the first process state, wherein the user can interact with the first set of graphical interactive user interface objects via the touch screen to cause the process of operating the device to change from the first process state to a second process state;
- detecting that the process of operating the device has changed to the second process state;
- and
- in response to detecting that the process of operating the device has changed to the second process state, indicating permitted ways of operating the device in the second process state to the user by indicating on the touch screen a second set of graphical interactive user interface objects, the second set of graphical interactive user interface objects being associated with the second process state and visually differentiated from other graphical interactive user interface objects not associated with the second process state, wherein the user can interact with the second set of graphical interactive user interface objects via the touch screen to cause the process of operating the device to change from the second process state to a further process state;
- wherein the detecting is performed by the device in response to a user interaction with the device, and/or in response to a detected change in the operation of the device by the device itself;
- wherein the first set of graphical interactive user interface objects and the second set of graphical interactive user interface objects are at least partially different;
- and
- wherein at least one of the first process state and the second process state is a washing, disinfecting, and/or sterilizing process state of the device.
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A device for washing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods, and configured to guide a user of the device through a plurality of process states during operation of the device, comprising:
- a display screen;
- a chamber for receiving said medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods;
- a door, the door positioned to control access to the chamber;
- and
- processing circuitry and computer executable instructions configured to cause the device to perform a process as follows:
- displaying on the display screen of the device a plurality of graphical interactive user interface objects associated with the operation of the device;
- detecting a first process state of the device;
- emphasizing, on the display screen by differential displaying, graphical interactive user interface objects that are associated with the first process state, and suppressing graphical interactive user interface objects that are not associated with the first process state;
- receiving a user input selecting one of the plurality of graphical interactive user interface objects associated with the first process state;
- in response to said receiving the user input, transitioning the device from the first process state to a second process state;
- and then
- emphasizing, on the display screen by differential displaying, at least one of said plurality of graphical interactive user interface objects that are associated with the second process state, and suppressing graphical interactive user interface objects that are not associated with the second process state;
- wherein the first process state and second process state are different operational states of the device with respect to a washing, disinfecting, and/or sterilizing process of the device;
- and
- wherein the graphical interactive user interface objects associated with the first process state and the graphical interactive user interface objects associated with the second process state are at least partially different.
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A device for washing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods:
- wherein the device for washing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods is an autoclave, a sterilizer, or a washer-disinfector, the device comprising:
- a touch screen;
- a chamber for receiving said medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods;
- a door;
- and
- processing circuitry and computer executable instructions configured to cause the device to perform a process as follows:
- displaying on the touch screen of the device a plurality of graphical interactive user interface objects associated with the operation of the device;
- detecting a first process state of the device;
- emphasizing, on the touch screen by differential displaying, graphical interactive user interface objects that are associated with the first process state, and suppressing graphical interactive user interface objects that are not associated with the first process state;
- receiving a user input selecting one of the graphical interactive user interface objects associated with the first process state;
- in response to said receiving the user input, transitioning the device from the first process state to a second process state;
- and
- emphasizing, on the touch screen by differential displaying, at least one of said plurality of graphical interactive user interface objects that are associated with the second process state, and suppressing graphical interactive user interface objects that are not associated with the second process state;
- wherein the first process state and second process state are different operational states of the device;
- and
- wherein the graphical interactive user interface objects associated with the first process state and the graphical interactive user interface objects associated with the second process state are at least partially different.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.