US 12,226,574 B2
User interface and method for operating a breathing apparatus
Bernhard Florian Lamprecht, Auckland (NZ); and Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,588.
Application 18/309,588 is a continuation of application No. 14/913,076, granted, now 11,672,931, previously published as PCT/IB2014/063961, filed on Aug. 19, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/867,257, filed on Aug. 19, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0091469 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0066 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 16/0069 (2014.02); A61M 16/021 (2017.08); A61M 16/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); A61M 16/1095 (2014.02); A61M 2205/15 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A breathing apparatus with a user interface comprising:
a blower;
a display that presents a home screen and at least one menu item; and
three buttons that operate the display and the breathing apparatus using the display,
the three buttons comprising:
a first button that, in a first mode, sequentially cycles through and displays the home screen and the at least one menu item;
a second button and a third button that, in the first mode, changes a parameter of the at least one menu item when the at least one menu item is presented on the display, the parameter comprising at least one of a respiratory parameter and a breathing apparatus parameter;
the first button, in the first mode, confirming change of the parameter of the at least one menu item following the change to the parameter;
the second button, in a second mode, cycling upwardly through a plurality of top level menu items and a third button, in the second mode, cycling downwardly through the plurality of top level menu items; and
the first button, in the second mode, selecting at least one of the plurality of top level menu items to display a corresponding lower menu item for further configuration.