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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2005
Mark R. Disilvestro, Columbia City, IN (US);
Terry Dietz, Columbia City, IN (US);
Jason T. Sherman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Robert Hastings, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mark R. DiSilvestro, Columbia City, IN (US);
Terry Dietz, Columbia City, IN (US);
Jason T. Sherman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Robert Hastings, Warsaw, IN (US);
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A system for managing medical instrument use during a surgical procedure may comprise a number of medical instruments, a display device configured to display any of the number of medical instruments, a microphone for transmitting voice commands identifying different ones of the number of medical instruments, and a controller. The controller is responsive to the voice commands to control the display device to display corresponding ones of the number of medical instruments.