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Drug Delivery System And Method For Conscious Sedation/Analgesia

  • US 20130284168A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2013
  • Published: 10/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for delivery of a mixture to a patient effective to produce analgesia without loss of consciousness in a patient wherein the method comprises:

  • a) forming a gaseous mixture of oxygen and a halogenated material selected from the group consisting of halogenated ethers and halothane by mixing oxygen with the halogenated material in a delivery manifold, the manifold having a controller configured to provide a gas having a concentration of the halogenated material that is limited to not more than about 0.636 MAC; and

    b) controlling the proportions of oxygen and halogenated material in the gaseous mixture by metering a liquid flow of the halogenated material into a gas containing the oxygen such that the gaseous mixture comprises a ratio of oxygen to halogenated material effective for producing analgesia without loss of consciousness in the patient;

    c) delivering said gaseous mixture to the patient to produce analgesia without loss of consciousness in the patient; and

    d) performing a medical or dental intervention or procedure during analgesia while the patient is conscious.

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