PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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1. A pharmacological management system comprising:
- a drug administrator that provides a pharmacological agent to a patient;
a plurality of sensors attached to the patient so as to generate a corresponding plurality of sensor signals;
a pharmacological status monitor responsive to the sensor signals so as to generate an output indicative of the drug-induced effects of the pharmacological agent on the patient; and
the monitor output fed-back to the drug administrator so as to regulate administration of the agent for a desired effect.
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Abstract
A pharmacological management system has sensors, a pharmacological status monitor and a drug administrator. The sensors attach to the patient so as to generate corresponding sensor signals. The pharmacological status monitor is responsive to the sensor signals so as to generate an output indicative of the drug-induced effects of the pharmacological agent on the patient. Further, the monitor output is fed-back to the drug administrator so as to regulate administration of the agent for a desired effect.
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1. A pharmacological management system comprising:
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a drug administrator that provides a pharmacological agent to a patient; a plurality of sensors attached to the patient so as to generate a corresponding plurality of sensor signals; a pharmacological status monitor responsive to the sensor signals so as to generate an output indicative of the drug-induced effects of the pharmacological agent on the patient; and the monitor output fed-back to the drug administrator so as to regulate administration of the agent for a desired effect. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A pharmacological management method comprising:
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inputting a plurality of sensor signals derived from a patient; the sensor signals providing measurements of a plurality of physiological systems; calculating a plurality physiological parameters from the sensor signals; and operating on the parameters to generate monitor outputs; the monitor outputs are indicative of levels of both consciousness and pain. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A pharmacological management system measures physiological parameters derived from at least some of a patient'"'"'s central nervous system, respiratory system and cardio-vascular system so as to assess level of pain and depth of consciousness during the administration of anesthetic and analgesic agents, the pharmacological management system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors in communications with a patient so as to generate a plurality of sensor signals; a monitor front-end in communications with the sensor signals so as to generate digitized sensor signals; a signal processor in communications with the front-end so as to generate a plurality of physiological parameters; the signal processor deriving an electrical-based depth of consciousness (DOC) indicator from an electrical one of the sensors in communications with the patient'"'"'s central nervous system; the signal processor deriving a pleth-based level of pain (LOP) indicator derived from an optical one of the sensors in communications with the patient'"'"'s cardio-vascular system; and an instrument manager generating a monitor output in response to a combination of the DOC indicator and the LOP indicator. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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