Displaying Visual Elements on a Medical Device

A method for displaying visual elements, said method comprising:

• generating a plurality of visual profiles;
• automatically selecting at least one of said plurality of visual profiles in accordance with one or more rules, said one or more rules based on one or more states of a medical device and providing for the automatic selection of said at least one visual profile when said one or more states are satisfied, said one or more states relating to at least one of an operating parameter associated with a treatment provided by said medical device and a care area associated with said medical device;
• and
• displaying a plurality of visual elements on a display of said medical device,
• wherein said displayed plurality of visual elements conform to said at least one selected plurality of visual profiles,
• wherein said plurality of visual elements are associated with functions of said medical device,
• wherein said automatically selecting selects a first visual profile from said plurality of visual profiles when said medical device is in a first state and selects a second visual profile from said plurality of visual profiles when said medical device is in a second state, and
• wherein said plurality of visual elements are selected from a group consisting of:
• text, a text color, a title bar, title bar text, a title bar background, a button border color, a button text color, a button color, a selected button text color, a selected button color, a work flow, one or more input fields, a graphical library, one or more textures, one or more background images, and one or more grayscale patterns.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• generating a plurality of visual profiles for facilitating control of a visual appearance of a plurality of visual elements displayed on a display of a medical device, said plurality of visual profiles comprising a set of color configuration vectors, each of said color configuration vectors comprising one or more color intensities and a backlight intensity for a region on said display of said medical device;
• automatically selecting at least one of said plurality of visual profiles in accordance with one or more rules, said one or more rules based on one or more states of said medical device and providing for the automatic selection of said at least one visual profile when said one or more states are satisfied, said one or more states relating to at least one of an operating parameter associated with a treatment provided by said medical device and a care area associated with said medical device;
• and
• displaying said plurality of visual elements on said display of said medical device, wherein said displayed plurality of visual elements conform to said at least one selected plurality of visual profiles, and wherein said plurality of visual elements are associated with functions of said medical device,
• wherein said automatically selecting selects a first visual profile from said plurality of visual profiles when said medical device is in a first state and selects a second visual profile from said plurality of visual profiles when said medical device is in a second state, and
• wherein said plurality of visual elements are selected from a group consisting of:
• text, a text color, a title bar, title bar text, a title bar background, a button border color, a button text color, a button color, a selected button text color, a selected button color, a work flow, one or more input fields, a graphical library, one or more textures, one or more background images, and one or more grayscale patterns.

A medical system comprising:

• a medical device;
• a display for displaying a plurality of visual elements, wherein said plurality of visual elements are associated with functions of said medical device;
• a plurality of visual profiles for facilitating control of a visual appearance of said plurality of visual elements displayed on said display;
• and
• a visual profile selector for automatically selecting at least one of said plurality of visual profiles in accordance with one or more rules, said one or more rules based on one or more states of said medical device and providing for the automatic selection of said at least one visual profile when said one or more states are satisfied, said one or more states relating to at least one of an operating parameter associated with a treatment provided by said medical device and a care area associated with said medical device,
• wherein said visual profile selector selects a first visual profile from said plurality of visual profiles when said medical device is in a first state and selects a second visual profile from said plurality of visual profiles when said medical device is in a second state, and
• wherein said at least one of said plurality of visual profiles are selected from a group consisting of:
• a color, a pattern, a bitmap, a texture, and a theme.

A medical system comprising:

• a medical device;
• a display for displaying a plurality of visual elements, wherein said plurality of visual elements are associated with functions of said medical device;
• a plurality of visual profiles for facilitating control of a visual appearance of said plurality of visual elements displayed on said display;
• and
• a visual profile selector for automatically selecting at least one of said plurality of visual profiles in accordance with one or more rules, said one or more rules based on one or more states of said medical device and providing for the automatic selection of said at least one visual profile when said one or more states are satisfied, said one or more states relating to at least one of an operating parameter associated with a treatment provided by said medical device and a care area associated with said medical device,
• wherein said visual profile selector selects a first visual profile from said plurality of visual profiles when said medical device is in a first state and selects a second visual profile from said plurality of visual profiles when said medical device is in a second state, and wherein said one or more states of said medical device are selected from a group consisting of:
• a power state, a clinician, a patient, and an amount of measured ambient light.