Heart lung machine with control assembly

A heart lung machine (HLM), comprising:

• a plurality of actuators;
• a peripheral processing unit configured to receive a set of parameter data from the plurality of actuators;
• a peripheral display device configured to present a first subset of the set of parameter data;
• a plurality of actuator control units (ACUs), each of the plurality of ACUs operably connected to one of the plurality of actuators;
• and
• a control assembly comprising a control display device and a plurality of input control devices, wherein the display device is configured to present a second subset of the set of parameter data, wherein the second subset of the parameter data is not equal to the first subset of the parameter data.

A heart lung machine (HLM), comprising:

• a plurality of actuators;
• a peripheral processing unit configured to receive a set of parameter data from the plurality of actuators;
• a peripheral display device configured to present the set of parameter data;
• a plurality of actuator control units (ACUs), each of the plurality of ACUs operably connected to one of the plurality of actuators;
• a control assembly comprising a control display device and a plurality of input control devices;
• and
• a bus configured to transport control signals, wherein each of the plurality of input control devices is operably connected to the bus via a control communication link.