Medical Apparatus and User Interface for a Medical Apparatus

User interface device for enabling setting of a plurality of parameters pertinent to operation of an apparatus or pertinent to a process to be performed by said apparatus, the user interface including at least a screen, and a control system connectable to said apparatus and responsive to actions by a user on said user interface, said control system being programmed for executing the following steps:

• defining on said screen an operating region, where a number of working displays can be displayed, and a navigation region, where a number of navigation keys can be displayed,
• organizing said navigation keys according to a multi-level hierarchical structure where son-keys of a specific navigation key are defined as keys hierarchically one level below said specific key, and ancestor-keys of a specific key are defined as keys hierarchically one or more levels above the specific key;
• associating to each of said number of navigation keys a corresponding working display;
• verifying selection of a navigation key;
• displaying in said navigation region at least the following keys:
• the key selected by the user,
• if present, one or more son-keys of the selected key, and
• one or more ancestor-keys;
• displaying, in the operating region, at least the working display associated to the selected key.

Method for enabling setting up of a medical apparatus, the apparatus including at least a user interface for enabling setting of a plurality of parameters pertinent to operation of said apparatus or pertinent to a process to be performed by said apparatus, the user interface including at least a screen,

• said method comprising the following steps:
• defining on said screen an operating region, where a number of working displays can be displayed, and a navigation region, where a number of navigation keys can be displayed,
• organizing said navigation keys according to a multi-level hierarchical structure where son-keys of a specific navigation key are defined as keys hierarchically one level below said specific key, and ancestor-keys of a specific key are defined as keys hierarchically one or more levels above the specific key;
• associating to each of said, number of navigation keys a corresponding working display;
• verifying selection of a navigation key;
• displaying in said navigation region at least the following keys:
• the key selected by the user,
• if present, one or more son-keys of the selected key, and
• if present, one or more ancestor-keys;
• displaying, in the operating region, at least the working display associated to the selected key.