Patent ID: 8463613
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A portable unit for controlling a diagnosis, therapy, or diagnosis and therapy system, the portable unit comprising: a voice signal detector operable to receive voice signals; a voice recognition unit operable to create control signals depending on the voice signals that arrive via the voice signal detector; a transmission device for wireless transmission of data to a receiver unit of the diagnosis, therapy, or diagnosis and therapy system, the transmission device being operable to transmit the control signals; a shared housing sized and shaped to be worn by a user, the voice signal detector, the voice recognition unit and the transmission device being disposed in the shared housing; and an actuation element configured to generate an enabling signal operable to enable execution of safety-relevant commands of the control signals when the actuation element is activated, such that the execution of the safety-relevant commands via the portable unit is only enabled when the actuation element is activated, wherein the transmitted control signals are for transmission to another controller, the another controller being of the diagnosis, therapy, or diagnosis and therapy system.