Patent ID: 7316231

Claim:
A sedation and analgesia system comprising: a patient health monitor device adapted so as to be coupled to a patient undergoing a medical and/or surgical procedure and generate a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of the patient; a user interface; a drug delivery controller supplying one or more drugs to the patient; a memory device storing a safety data set reflecting parameters of at least one monitored patient physiological condition; an electronic controller interconnected with the patient health monitor, the user interface, the drug delivery controller, and the memory device storing the safety data set, wherein said electronic controller receives said signal and in response to said signal manages the application of the drugs during said procedure in accord with the safety data set; and an emergency medical kit, wherein said emergency medical kit is designed to meet the specific needs of medical emergencies related to the delivery of at least one of sedatives, analgesics, and amnestics, and wherein said electronic controller initiates a pre-use check to confirm the presence of said emergency medical kit.