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Intelligent pharmaceutical delivery system with automatic shutoff and method of using

  • US 10,130,766 B1
  • Filed: 10/05/2015
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for controlling anesthesia or sedation of a subject, the system comprising:

  • a physiological signal sensor adapted to acquire a physiological signal from a subject indicative of the subject'"'"'s electroencephalogram (EEG) signal;

    an infusion pump adapted to administer anesthetic or sedative to the subject; and

    a controller adapted to control the infusion pump and administration of the anesthetic or sedative;

    the controller comprising a processor adapted for receiving the physiological signal from the physiological signal sensor and further comprising an algorithm adapted to perform real-time quantitative monitoring of the physiological signal and from this monitoring to detect burst suppression of the subject'"'"'s EEG signal from the physiological signal,wherein the controller is further adapted to stop anesthetic or sedative administration via the infusion pump based upon a level of burst suppression of the subject'"'"'s EEG signal.

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