Patent ID: 7840416

Claim:
A method of documenting a medical procedure comprising: (a) generating an interface with at least one computing device including at least one database; wherein the interface includes a menu section including a plurality of menu data elements, the menu data elements being textual representations selectable to describe a medical procedure; wherein the interface includes a diagram window section including at least one graphical representation of an anatomical diagram illustrating at least part of a human body; wherein the at least one database includes menu data elements mapped with graphical data elements; (b) the at least one computing device receiving at least one menu input into the menu section of the interface selecting a menu data element reflecting at least part of the medical procedure; (c) upon receipt of the at least one menu input, the at least one computing device automatically synchronizing the diagram window section with the menu section by: (i) accessing the at least one database and identifying with an ontology inference engine a graphical data element mapped with the selected at least one menu data element associated with the at least one menu input; and (ii) displaying in the diagram window section the identified graphical data element; (d) the at least one computing device receiving at least one manipulation input into the diagram window section of the interface manipulating at least one graphical data element reflecting at least part of the medical procedure; (e) upon receipt of the at least one manipulation input, the at least one computing device automatically synchronizing the menu section with the diagram window section by: (i) accessing the at least one database and identifying with an ontology inference engine at least one menu data element mapped with the manipulated graphical data element associated with the manipulation input; and (ii) displaying in the menu section an updated plurality of the identified menu data elements; and (f) upon each synchronization instance, the at least one computing device automatically constructing a concise textual medical procedure description based at least in part on one or more of the mapped menu data elements and the mapped graphical data elements to form at least one naturally expressed medical procedure description.