Patent ID: 8882703
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A61B,A61M,G16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of providing effective sedation and/or pain relief by a non-anesthetist without general anesthesia to a non-intubated patient during a medical and/or surgical procedure, said method comprising: infusing said non-intubated patient with a sedative and/or pain relieving drug that acts upon the patent's central nervous system at a dosage that is insufficient to result in general anesthesia; sensing at least one physiological condition of the patient during said procedure with one or more monitors selected from the following: pulse oximeter, heartrate, blood pressure, carbon dioxide, EEG, and ventilator; generating a signal in the event said physiological condition of said patient becomes unsafe; and modifying said infusion of said drug so as to return said patient to a safe physiological condition.