US 7,321,802 B2 | ||
Process for setting an anesthesia apparatus or respirator | ||
Carsten Wasner, Techau (Germany); Hubertus Koch, Lübeck (Germany); and Franz Urbanski, Lübeck (Germany) | ||
Assigned to Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA, (Germany) | ||
Filed on May 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/120,347. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 036 879 (DE), filed on Jul. 29, 2004. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0021619 A1, Feb. 02, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 700—90 [700/1; 700/83; 128/204.21] | 19 Claims |
1. A process for setting an anesthesia apparatus or respirator by means of an input unit for the input of commands into a
control unit controlling respiration, wherein the input unit is combined with a display unit and wherein the input unit has
a keyboard for activating preselected input sectors as well as associated output sectors for respiration parameters and a
corresponding value of the parameters, and the input unit is provided with a combined rotary and acknowledge switch, which
is in functional connection with the input sectors, the process comprising the steps of:
a) after selecting an input sector for a respiration parameter with the input unit, pressing the rotary and acknowledge switch
and keeping the rotary and acknowledge switch pressed beyond a preset first time threshold and subsequently adjusting the
respiration parameter starting from a presetting value to a new value corresponding to a direction of rotation of the rotary
and acknowledge switch, an increase or decrease of the value of the selected parameter from the presetting value to the new
value being directly brought about via the control unit;
b) changing over of the new value of the selected parameter into the presetting value by releasing the rotary and acknowledge
switch;
c) a renewed pressing of the rotary and acknowledge switch and keeping the rotary and acknowledge switch pressed within a
second, preset time threshold, after releasing the rotary and acknowledge switch according to step b), leads to a setting
of the parameter selected at the new value with a further increased or decreased parameter value with a further direction
of rotation of the rotary and acknowledge switch, so that a further adjustment of the selected parameter setting to a further
new value is possible; and
d) following a release of the rotary and acknowledge switch following either step a) or c), pressing and releasing the rotary
and acknowledge switch within the first time threshold after one of the steps a) or b) brings about confirmation of the adjustment
of the parameter to either the new value or the further new value.
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