Patent ID: 7220240

Claim:
A medication delivery controller for controlling the administration of medication to a patient to achieve and maintain a target effect in said patient, the controller comprising: a sensor interface configured to receive one or more patient parameters from a sensor package, said parameters quantifying the patient's response to the level of medication, a processor coupled to said sensor interface configured: (a) to compute a first patient response profile, said first patient response profile indicating the patient's individualized response to said medication; (b) to determine from said first patient response profile a first concentration level of said medication to maintain said target effect in said patient; (c) to determine whether the patient's response to said first concentration level of said medication has changed and, when the patient's response to said first concentration level has changed, to compute a second patient response profile reflecting the patient's new individualized response to said medication and (d) to determine from said second patient response profile a new concentration level of medication to maintain said target effect in said patient; and a data output port coupled to said processor to forward instructions to a medication delivery unit to deliver said medication at said medication delivery rate determined by said processor, wherein said one or more parameters indicate at least one of the group of blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, and EEG parameters.