System and method for providing a genericized medical device architecture

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions which, when executed, cause a computer processor to implement a software architecture common to a plurality of medical devices, the software architecture comprising:

• a plurality of modules for controlling and monitoring aspects of hardware and software related to the plurality of medical devices;
• and
• a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of slide-out menus, the GUI configured to provide uniform interaction across more than one of the plurality of modules by each of the plurality of slide-out menus corresponding to and differentiating access to one of the plurality of modules,
• wherein each of the plurality of modules are communicatively associated with and correspond to each of the plurality of medical devices,
• wherein the plurality of slide-out menus are configured to enable controlling of the plurality of medical devices through the associated and corresponding plurality of modules;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of modules is associated with a hardware abstraction layer,
• wherein the hardware abstraction layer is configured to provide abstracted access to underlying hardware of at least one medical device of the plurality of medical devices;
• wherein at least one of the plurality of slide-out menus includes a button that, when pressed by a user, provides a command to the at least one medical device, via the hardware abstraction layer.