Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1996-12-18
1998-05-12
Getzow, Scott
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 136
Patent
active
057499080
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are provided for annotating medical data in an implantable device programmer using digitally recorded sound. A display screen of the implantable device programmer preferably displays at least a portion of a patient data set. A user preferably designates a connection point of the patient data set. Voice signals from the user are received by a transducer and converted to electrical signals, which are then converted to digital data by an analog to digital converter. The digital voice data preferably are stored within a memory device of the implantable device programmer and preferably are linked to the connection point. A marker preferably is displayed on the display screen at a location corresponding to the connection point. The physician is able to listen to the voice annotation by selecting a playback button displayed on the display screen. Voice annotations preferably can be transcribed into text which preferably is displayed in a text window when the voice annotation marker is selected.
REFERENCES:
United States Statutory Invention Registration H1347, Greeninger et al, Aug. 1994.
Getzow Scott
Pacesetter Inc.
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