Patent Document ID: 8998808
Application ID: 10561074
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for assisting a human expert during the administration of a medical anesthesia drug to a patient, the apparatus comprising: a computing machine having: an input that receives data corresponding to a plurality of coefficients C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , as well as time periods τ p (initial time delay after infusion of the anesthesia drug) and T p (time constant representing speed of response), the time periods being initially determined in response to an assessment of the patient by the human expert; a memory that stores the plurality of coefficients C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , and the time periods τ p and T p ; a processor that solves the formula: y = f p ⁡ ( x ) = C 1 ⁢ x x 1 ⁢ Φ 1 ⁡ ( x ) + C 2 ⁢ x x 2 ⁢ Φ 2 ⁡ ( x ) + C 3 ⁢ x x 3 ⁢ Φ 3 ⁡ ( x ) and a display that displays resulting data to the human expert.