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Method and apparatus for accessing medical data over a network

  • US 7,408,439 B2
  • Filed: 09/03/2004
  • Issued: 08/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An operating room master controller for use in treating a patient with a plurality of operating room devices, a network, and a voice input device during a medical procedure in an operating room, the operating room master controller comprising:

  • a voice data input, coupled to the voice input device, operable to receivea verbal data retrieval command, having an associated patient record identifier, to retrieve patient information associated with the patient record identifier;

    an output for transmitting the verbal data retrieval command to a slave controller coupled to the network; and

    a processor coupling the voice data input to the output so that the verbal data retrieval command is transmitted to the slave controller without decoding the verbal data retrieval command, the processor receiving the patient information from the network through the slave controller.

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