US 8,576,191 B2Granted

Display and control device for medical equipment

AssigneeSorin Group Deutschland GmbH

InventorsErwin Knott, Ottmar Penka, Andreas Hahn

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Abstract

A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A heart lung machine comprising:

a plurality of pumps;
a display and control device operably connected to the plurality of pumps, the display and control device including:
an electric bus including a plurality of connector devices;
a plurality of touch screen displays, each of the plurality of touch screen displays including a display activation device, an input evaluation device that evaluates inputs made via the touch screen display, and a bus communication device releasably connected to one of the plurality of connector devices on the electric bus;
and
a configuration device operably connected with the electric bus, the configuration device configured to provide configuration information to each of the plurality of touch screen displays;
wherein if one of the plurality of touch screen displays fails, it can be replaced by removing the failed touch screen display from the electric bus and installing a replacement touch screen display in the same position on the electric bus during operation of the heart lung machine.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/158,822Filed 13 Jun 2011 · continuation
Priority: DE 103 34 51629 Jul 2003
Published: US 2011/0254794 A120 Oct 2011
Granted: 5 Nov 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 3/14
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: digital…
G06F 1/1601
Constructional details or arrangements: constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays
G06F 3/1446
Controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display: display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
G16H 40/63
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for local operation

Family

PCT/EP2004/008499Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jul 2004
US 2011/0254794 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Oct 2011
Application10/566,330Parent of this continuation
US 7,961,156 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2007/0052683 A1Published application
US 8,576,191 B2This patent

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