Remote monitoring and control of sedation and analgesia systems
First Claim
1. A sedation and analgesia system for providing sedation and/or pain relief without general anesthesia to patients undergoing a medical and/or surgical procedure, said system comprising:
- a plurality of patient health monitors adapted to be coupled to a plurality of patients undergoing a medical or surgical procedure, said patient health monitors generating a signal reflecting measurements of at least one monitored physiological condition of the patients;
a controllable drug delivery device adapted to supply one or more sedative and/or analgesic drugs;
at least one electronic controller having safe and/or effective parameters for said monitored physiological condition, said parameters indicating values for said measurements of said monitored physiological condition patient where said values correlate to safe and/or effective sedation during said procedure, and said electronic controller being adapted to receive said signal, compare said measurements reflected in said received signal with said parameters, and provide an alarm in the event said signal is outside of said safe and/or effective parameters; and
a remote monitor and control system for receiving data from the sedation and analgesia system including said signal, and/or alarm and for displaying said signal in a display, pertaining to each patient and wherein an authorized user can modify, control and/or override the electronic controller through the remote monitor and control system.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a sedation and analgesia system having integrated patient monitoring and drug delivery, where information related to monitored patient parameters and drug delivery is accessible and controllable from a remote location. Information relative to monitored patient parameters and drug delivery may be provided in real-time or near real-time, to an attending nurse, physician, insurance company, billing department, or other suitable party according to the present invention via a computing device, video monitor, over the Internet, over an intranet, or by any other suitable means of transmitting and displaying critical data. The present invention further comprises an integrated in-room monitor, where data related to critical patient parameters and drug delivery may be integrated with other means of communicating data related to a patient, a procedure, or a medical device.
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1. A sedation and analgesia system for providing sedation and/or pain relief without general anesthesia to patients undergoing a medical and/or surgical procedure, said system comprising:
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a plurality of patient health monitors adapted to be coupled to a plurality of patients undergoing a medical or surgical procedure, said patient health monitors generating a signal reflecting measurements of at least one monitored physiological condition of the patients; a controllable drug delivery device adapted to supply one or more sedative and/or analgesic drugs; at least one electronic controller having safe and/or effective parameters for said monitored physiological condition, said parameters indicating values for said measurements of said monitored physiological condition patient where said values correlate to safe and/or effective sedation during said procedure, and said electronic controller being adapted to receive said signal, compare said measurements reflected in said received signal with said parameters, and provide an alarm in the event said signal is outside of said safe and/or effective parameters; and a remote monitor and control system for receiving data from the sedation and analgesia system including said signal, and/or alarm and for displaying said signal in a display, pertaining to each patient and wherein an authorized user can modify, control and/or override the electronic controller through the remote monitor and control system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A sedation and analgesia system for providing sedation and/or pain relief to a plurality of patients during a medical and/or surgical procedure, said system comprising:
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a patient health monitor adapted to be coupled to each patient to generate a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of the patient; a drug delivery controller supplying one or more sedative and/or analgesic drugs to each patient; a device that stores safe parameters of at least one monitored patient physiological condition for each patient; a remote interface to the patient health monitors, the drug delivery controllers and the devices that stores the parameters, wherein said remote interface receives said signal and displays said signal with other patient data that is relevant to a safe physiological condition of each patient, and enables an authorized clinician to control or override said drug delivery controllers through said remote interface to insure that said sedative and/or analgesic drugs are supplied to said patients in a safe and effective manner. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating a plurality of sedation and analgesia systems, said method comprising the steps of:
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connecting to a first patient a first drug delivery device having a drug delivery controller supplying one or more sedation and/or analgesic drugs, connecting to a second patient a second drug delivery device having a drug delivery controller supplying one or more sedation and/or analgesic drugs, said first and second drug delivery controllers each being coupled to an electronic controller which controls the delivery of the drugs to the patient; attaching at least one patient health monitor device to each of said first and second patients, each health monitor device generating a value reflecting at least one physiological condition of a patient and being coupled to said electronic controller, said electronic controller having safe and/or effective parameters values for said monitored physiological condition, remotely monitoring and displaying data reflecting drug dosage and other patient data reflecting each of said at least one said physiological conditions of the first and second patients and said safe and/or effective parameter values for said monitored physiological condition, and enabling a remote authorized clinician of said system to view said data and to modify delivery of said drugs to each of said patients to achieve safe and effective drug delivery. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing safe sedation without general anesthesia to one or more non-intubated patients during a medical and/or surgical procedure with a controllable drug delivery apparatus, said method comprising:
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coupling said drug delivery apparatus to said one or more patients; obtaining data reflecting one or more physiological conditions of said one or more patients and directing said data to an electronic controller, said electronic controller being adapted to control said drug delivery apparatus in accord with an algorithm; providing a remote monitor and control apparatus to an authorized clinician for remotely observing said one or more physiological conditions of said one or more patients and for overriding said electronic controller in the event said one or more patients suffer abnormal conditions . - View Dependent Claims (21)
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