Patent ID: 6911916
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: A61B,G10L,G16H

Abstract:
1. An operating room control system for use during a medical procedure on a patient, comprising: a plurality of operating room devices; a voice input device capable of receiving a spoken device command that has an associated device qualifier, and a data retrieval command having an associated patient record identifier; a display device; and a controller coupled to the input device and the display device, the controller capable of receiving the data retrieval command and the device command, wherein the controller transmits a command to a server to retrieve patient information in response to the data retrieval command so that desired patient data can be selected in response to the patient record identifier, wherein the controller receives the patient information from the server and displays the patient information on the display device, and wherein the controller transmits a control command to a selected operating room device in response to the device command, the medical operating room device selected from the plurality of operating room devices in response to the device qualifier so as to allow voice manipulation of an operating room environment.