Patent ID: 8303534
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A61B,A61M,G16H

Abstract:
1. A sedation and analgesia system for providing sedation and/or pain relief without general anesthesia to patients undergoing a medical and/or surgical procedure, said system comprising: a plurality of patient health monitors adapted to be coupled to a plurality of patients undergoing a medical or surgical procedure, said patient health monitors generating a signal reflecting measurements of at least one monitored physiological condition of the patients; a controllable drug delivery device adapted to supply one or more sedative and/or analgesic drugs; at least one electronic controller having safe and/or effective parameters for said monitored physiological condition, said parameters indicating values for said measurements of said monitored physiological condition patient where said values correlate to safe and/or effective sedation during said procedure, and said electronic controller being adapted to receive said signal, compare said measurements reflected in said received signal with said parameters, and provide an alarm in the event said signal is outside of said safe and/or effective parameters; and a remote monitor and control system for receiving data from the sedation and analgesia system including said signal, and/or alarm and for displaying said signal in a display, pertaining to each patient and wherein an authorized user can modify, control and/or override the electronic controller through the remote monitor and control system.