Apparatus and method for providing a conscious patient relief from pain and anxiety associated with medical or surgical procedures
First Claim
1. A care system for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures said system comprising:
- a patient health monitor device coupled to a patient and generating a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of the patient;
a drug delivery controller supplying one or more drugs to the patient;
a memory device storing a safety data set reflecting safe and undesirable parameters of at least one patient physiological condition;
an electronic controller interconnected between the patient health monitor, the drug delivery controller and the safety data set;
wherein said electronic controller manages the application of the drugs in accord with the safety data set.
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Abstract
A care system and associated methods are provided for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures. The system comprises: at least one patient health monitor device generating a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of a patient; 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 patient physiological condition; and an electronic controller interconnected between the patient health monitor, the drug delivery controller and the safety data set. A method of electronically tracking recurring revenues generated by the use of the care system where the system is at the location of its user is also provided. Additional embodiments of the system and methods are directed to alleviating patient pain or discomfort while enabling safe patient controlled drug delivery in correlation with the monitoring of patient health conditions.
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96 Claims
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1. A care system for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures said system comprising:
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a patient health monitor device coupled to a patient and generating a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of the patient;
a drug delivery controller supplying one or more drugs to the patient;
a memory device storing a safety data set reflecting safe and undesirable parameters of at least one patient physiological condition;
an electronic controller interconnected between the patient health monitor, the drug delivery controller and the safety data set;
wherein said electronic controller manages the application of the drugs in accord with the safety data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 80, 81, 82, 84, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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40. A care system for facilitating a nonanesthetist'"'"'s safely and efficaciously providing conscious sedation to a patient undergoing a medical or surgical procedure, said system comprising:
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a patient health monitor device coupled to a patient and generating a value reflecting at least one physiological condition of the patient;
a drug delivery controller supplying one or more drugs to a patient;
a means for monitoring the consciousness of the patient coupled to the patient and generating a value representing the level of patient consciousness;
a memory device storing a safety data set reflecting safe and undesirable parameters of at least one patient physiological condition and of patient consciousness level;
an electronic controller interconnected between the patient health monitor, the drug delivery controller, and the safety data set;
wherein said electronic controller manages application of the drugs to the patient in accord with the safety data set.
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41. A method for alleviating pain and anxiety in connection with medical and surgical procedures, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) connecting to a patient a drug delivery device having a drug delivery controller supplying one or more drugs, said drug delivery controller being coupled to an electronic controller which controls the delivery of the drugs to the patient;
b) attaching at least one patient health monitor device to a patient, which health monitor device generates a value reflecting at least one physiological condition of a patient and is coupled to said electronic controller;
c) accessing a memory device which stores a safety data set reflecting parameters of at least one patient physiological condition;
d) delivering the drugs to the patient in accord with the safety data set. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 59, 60)
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52. An apparatus for delivering drugs to a conscious patient, said apparatus comprising:
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a drug delivery controller delivering a drug to a patient;
an electronic controller connected to the drug delivery controller for varying the rate of delivery of drug to a patient;
an automated consciousness monitoring system which ensures the consciousness of a patient and generates a signal reflecting the consciousness level of a patient; and
wherein said electronic controller is capable of varying the delivery of drug to the patient in accord with said signal. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 77, 78, 79)
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61. A method for relieving patient pain or anxiety, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) monitoring at least one physiological condition of a patient with at least one electronic health monitor device;
b) electronically monitoring the level of consciousness of a patient; and
c) electronically managing the delivery of pain or anxiety relieving drugs to a patient in accord with the at least one physiological condition of a patient and the level of consciousness of a patient. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. An integrated patient interface apparatus for use with a drug delivery and patient monitoring system, said system including an electronic controller which electronically manages the delivery of drugs to a patient, said patient interface apparatus comprising:
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a portion for receiving a patient'"'"'s hand;
a patient-controlled drug dosage request device integrated into said portion and having a movable member capable of being activated by the patient to request a change in dosage of drug; and
wherein said drug dosage request device is electronically coupled to said electronic controller; and
a patient health monitor device electronically coupled to said electronic controller. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 83)
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73. A method for electronically tracking recurring revenues generated by use of a conscious sedation care system at the location of the user, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a medical apparatus at the location of the user, said apparatus having a user access device, and a memory device storing data representing metered system operation values and patient informational data;
b) providing a password to said apparatus enabling access to said memory device;
c) reading said metered system operation values and patient informational data and transmitting said values and data to a remote location;
d) calculating a revenue based on said system operation values; and
e) providing a record at the remote location reflecting said revenue and patient informational data. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76)
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85. A care system for alleviating pain or discomfort in a conscious patient while simultaneously enabling safe patient control of said pain or discomfort, said apparatus comprising:
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a patient health monitor device coupled to the patient and generating a value reflecting at least one physiological condition of the patient;
a memory device storing a safety data set reflecting parameters of the at least one patient physiological condition;
a patient-controlled drug dosage request device which generates a signal indicating the patient'"'"'s request for an adjustment in drug dosage and having a drug delivery controller;
an electronic controller interconnected between the patient health monitor, the patient-controlled drug dosage increase/decrease request device, and the safety data set;
wherein said electronic controller manages the application of the drugs in accord with the safety data set. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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