ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,086, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Jerome Canady Research Institute for Advanced Biological and Technological Sciences (Takoma Park, Md.).
"System and method for voice-control of operating room equipment" was invented by Jerome Canady (Lakeland, Fla.), Taisen Zhuang (Rockville, Md.) and Changhan Jun (Beltsville', Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for voice control of operating room electrical equipment. The system comprises an electrosurgical generator having a controller with a memory, a graphical user interface controlled by said controller, a power module, a field programmable gate array, and a voice reco...