Patent ID: 7578802
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: A61B,A61M,G16H

Abstract:
1. A sedation and analgesia system comprising: a patient health monitor device adapted so as to be coupled to a patient and generate a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of the patient; a user interface allowing a user to enter inputs; a drug delivery controller supplying one or more drugs to the patient; an electronic controller operably connected to the patient health monitor, and the drug delivery controller, wherein said electronic controller receives said signal and in response manages the application of the drugs in accord with stored parameters of at least one monitored patient physiological condition; and a security system incorporated into said user interface that requires said user to input authorized personal identification information so as to restrict unauthorized use of said sedation and analgesia system, wherein information related to negative procedural events during the use of said sedation and analgesia system is recorded in association with said authorized personal identification information of said user and said information related to negative procedural events is used to determine future authorization of said user, and wherein administrative access to the sedation and analgesia system is separable from access to features of the sedation and analgesia system related to drug delivery and/or patient care.