Patent ID: 9597448
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61M,G16H

Claim:
1. A computer-aided intravenous drug delivery system delivering a drug to a patient during a whole duration of an anesthetic procedure during which an anesthetic is delivered to the patient, the system comprising: an editable knowledge base that stores a set of written procedures and theoretical procedure models to steer intravenous delivery of drugs for the anesthetic procedure, the written procedures adapted to types of surgical actions, physical conditions of patients, types of drugs, tools used to administer the drugs, and theoretical models of the drugs, the set of written procedures including at least a first procedure and a second procedure; a sensor coupled to the patient, the sensor generating a signal that reflects a health condition or status of the patient; an Infusion Session Manager delivering the drug for the anesthetic procedure, the Infusion Session Manager comprising: an Infusion Controller arranged to deliver an amount of the drug intravenously to the patient for the anesthetic procedure; a Communication Controller connected with infusion pumps and monitors; a DataLogger controller that receives the signal from the sensor; a Graphical User Interface comprising displays of different views of the system and that accepts user input; a first interface forming a link between the Infusion Controller and one of the views displayed by the Graphical User Interface; a dynamically adaptive Session Controller that runs the first procedure, the dynamically adaptive Session Controller dynamically adapting the first procedure in real time during the anesthetic procedure based on the signal from the sensor or an observation from a user of the drug delivery system, or the dynamically adaptive Session Controller selecting and running the second procedure based upon the signal from the sensor or the observation from the user; a second interface forming a link between the dynamically adaptive Session Controller and the views displayed by the Graphical User Interface; and a third interface forming a link between the DataLogger Controller and the views displayed by the Graphical User Interface; a plurality of settings for different experience levels of the user controlling the ability of the user to make changes to the system; wherein the plurality of settings includes a setting for an expert experience level and wherein permanent changes to the knowledge database and written procedures may be made only if the user has an expert level of experience.