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Method and a system for administering muscle relaxant to a patient

  • US 7,169,125 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2002
  • Issued: 01/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for administering muscle relaxant to a patient, said system including:

  • an infusion pump adapted for delivering said muscle relaxant to a patient, a controller adapted for controlling the operation of said infusion pump on the basis of at least one received input value, and measuring means adapted for continuously measuring the effect of said muscle relaxant on the patient, and adapted for supplying a value representing said measured effect as said input value to said controller, wherein on basis of said at least one input value, said controller is adapted for selecting a control value from a set of predetermined control values as the value to be used for controlling said infusion pump, characterised in that said measuring means is adapted for stimulating a muscle of the patient by a number of succeeding electric or magnetic pulses, for measuring the resulting muscle reaction pulses and for using the number of muscle reaction pulses as said input value.

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