Drug delivery in association with medical or surgical procedures
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Abstract
Disclosed are various methods and devices for facilitating medical and/or procedures that are performed without “general anesthesia,” which is also described in the specification as the state of patient “unconsciousness” resulting from a drug administered by an anesthetist or anesthesiologist. The devices safely and effectively provide and maintain drug infusions that do not push the patient into unconsciousness and/or general anesthesia. Devices according to embodiments of the invention include the use of stored parameters and/or values that correlate to drug delivery during a procedure, and a patient health monitor to measure and send signals regarding a patient health condition to a processor or other computational device.
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115 Claims
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97. A method of providing effective sedation and/or pain relief by a non-anesthetist without general anesthesia to a non-intubated patient during a medical and/or surgical procedure, said method comprising:
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infusing said non-intubated patient with a sedative and/or pain relieving drug dosage that is insufficient to result in general anesthesia;
sensing at least one physiological condition of the patient during said procedure;
generating a signal in the event said psysiological condition of said patient becomes unsafe; and
modifying said infusion of said drug so as to return said patient to a safe physiological condition. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104)
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105. An apparatus for use by a non-anesthetist medical person in connection with the performance of a medical or surgical procedure, said apparatus providing effective sedation and/or pain relief without general anesthesia to a spontaneously-ventilating, non-intubated patient, said apparatus comprising:
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a) a drug delivery device adapted to deliver a drug to a patient during said procedure in so as to effectively sedate and/or manage pain without resulting in general anesthesia of the patient;
b) at least one sensor coupled to said patient for providing monitored data of at least one physiological condition of the patient in connection with said medical or surgical procedure; and
c) a controller connected to said sensor for receiving said monitored data and for activating an alarm in the event said monitored data becomes abnormal. - View Dependent Claims (106, 107, 108)
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109. A method of providing effective sedation and/or pain relief without general anesthesia to a non-intubated patient during a medical and/or surgical procedure, said method comprising:
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infusing said non-intubated patient with a sedative and/or pain relieving drug dosage that is insufficient to result in general anesthesia;
sensing at least one physiological condition of the patient during and/or after said procedure;
generating a signal in the event said psysiological condition of said patient becomes unsafe;
modifying said infusion of said drug so as to return said patient to a safe physiological condition, and enabling said patient to manually alter the rate of infusion during and after said procedure at any dosage level that is insufficient to result in general anesthesia and as long as the patient'"'"'s psysiological condition does not become unsafe. - View Dependent Claims (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
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