摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of surgeons inadvertently issuing voice commands via wireless microphones outside an OR (operating room). <P>SOLUTION: A voice controlled surgical system including a wireless command microphone for receiving audio input, a voice control module for generating commands from the audio input received by the wireless command microphone, a detection module for generating signals indicative of a proximity of the wireless command microphone, a switch module for disabling the commands in response to one or more of the signals, and an alarm module activated in response to the one or more signals. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |