Patent ID: 11967425
Assignee: JEROME CANADY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 5:
6. A method for voice control of electrical operating room equipment with a speech recognition system in an electrosurgical generator, the method comprising:
activating the speech recognition system;
detecting a triggering event with the speech recognition system;
identifying a voice instruction with said speech recognition system;
validating grammar in an identified voice instruction;
notifying the user that a voice command has been validated;
encrypting the validated command;
transmitting the encrypted validated command to electrical operating room equipment;
receiving the encrypted validated command as at the electrical operating room equipment;
decrypting the received encrypted validated command at the electrical operating room equipment;
determining at the electrical operating room equipment whether the decrypted command is valid;
performing a safety evaluation on said decrypted command;
executing the decrypted command on the electrical operating room equipment; and
notifying the user that the decrypted command has been executed.