Patent ID: 6642836
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A61B,G05B,G10L,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
A control system for controlling a plurality of medical devices, comprising:a plurality of medical devices; a speech interface that receives a select command which corresponds to one of the medical devices and a control command which corresponds to a control of one of the medical devices; a main controller coupled to the input device, said main controller to compare the select command with a list of one or more stored select commands, each stored select command corresponds to one of the plurality of medical devices, said main controller to route the control command to an address which corresponds to the select command that matches one of the stored select commands; and, a slave controller coupled to said main controller and at least one of the plurality of medical devices, and which contains said address and a lexicon for the coupled medical device, said slave controller to receive the control command routed from said main controller, to determine whether the control command matches a valid control command, and to transmit one or more control signals in accordance with the lexicon to one of the medical devices that corresponds to the address for controlling the one of the medical devices if there is a match.