Patent ID: 9640198
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06F,G10L

Claim:
1. Apparatus for eliminating muffled speech caused by a physician's mask used by an operator during a medical procedure, comprising: a probe configured to be inserted into a patient's body by the operator, the probe being configured to be used by the operator for performing the medical procedure in the patient's body; a sensor, adapted to be fixed to a neck of an operator of equipment and configured for sensing a voiceless alaryngeal speech vibration generated by the operator during operation of the equipment; a screen for displaying one or more graphic user interfaces while the probe is being used by the operator in the patient's body and providing feedback to the operator during the medical procedure; a processor, configured to receive and process a signal output by the sensor during mouthing of muffled speech through the physician mask by the operator so as to measure the voiceless alaryngeal speech vibration and so as to generate a control signal indicative of a particular action to be taken by the equipment using the probe responsively to the measured voiceless alaryngeal speech vibration during the medical procedure, the particular action to be taken with the probe in the patient's body being verified by displaying a query on the screen for the operator to confirm using the one or more graphic user interfaces.