Control of Drug Administration
First Claim
1. A method for controlling drug administration, the method comprising:
- receiving input information for drug administration, wherein the input information includes patient information and effect level information for at least one type of drug effect to be achieved in a patient; and
defining, based on the input information and at least one pharmacodynamic model, an effect-site concentration for a drug to be administered.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling drug administration. In order to achieve an easy-to-use and technically reliable control mechanism that can be implemented cost-effectively, input information including patient information and effect level information for at least one type of drug effect to be achieved in a patient is supplied to the control mechanism. Synergetic pharmacodynamic models are utilized to determine, based on the input information, effect-site concentration(s) for at least one drug to be administered. A pharmacokinetic model of each drug may then be utilized to define, based on the effect-site concentration of the drug, a delivery rate for the drug to be administered.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for controlling drug administration, the method comprising:
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receiving input information for drug administration, wherein the input information includes patient information and effect level information for at least one type of drug effect to be achieved in a patient; and defining, based on the input information and at least one pharmacodynamic model, an effect-site concentration for a drug to be administered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for controlling drug administration, the apparatus comprising
a user interface module configured to receive input information for drug administration, wherein the input information includes patient information and effect level information for at least one type of drug effect to be achieved in a patient; a computation module configured to define, based on the input information and at least one pharmacodynamic model, an effect-site concentration for a drug to be administered. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for controlling drug administration, the apparatus comprising
user interface means for receiving input information for drug administration, wherein the input information includes patient information and effect level information for at least one type of drug effect to be achieved in a patient; computation means for defining, based on the input information and at least one pharmacodynamic model, an effect-site concentration for a drug to be administered. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A computer program product for controlling drug administration, the computer product comprising:
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a first program code portion configured to receive input information for drug administration, wherein the input information includes patient information and effect level information for at least one type of drug effect to be achieved in a patient; a second program code portion configured to define, based on the input information and at least one pharmacodynamic model, an effect-site concentration for a drug to be administered. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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