Appeal No. 2003-0815
Application 09/160,744
functional relationship between the components. The treatment
for a patient is controlled by a user touching various components
on the touchscreen surface.
Representative claim 22 is reproduced as follows:
22. A device for operating technical medical apparatus
comprising:
a display screen;
a touchscreen surface;
second means for displaying a schematic representation of at
least two components of the apparatus and functional
relationships between the components, using a separate
characteristic symbol to represent each of the at least two
components of the apparatus, each of the components selected from
the group consisting of pumps, cut-off devices, sensors, and
heating devices, the functional relationships comprising at least
one of electrical and fluid connections between the components;
and
first means for displaying and/or for allowing a user to
alter treatment parameters related to the components, wherein
touching by the user of the characteristics symbol displayed by
the second means allows display and/or alteration via the first
means of the treatment parameters corresponding to the component
represented by the characteristic symbol, the parameters
comprising at least one of actual and desired flow, temperature,
on/off status and valve opening status.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Stein et al. (Stein) 5,589,856 Dec. 31, 1996
Rosa et al. (Rosa) 5,620,608 Apr. 15, 1997
Barkan et al. (Barkan) 5,656,804 Aug. 12, 1997
Wallace et al. (Wallace) 5,881,723 Mar. 16, 1999
(filed Mar. 14, 1997)
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