User interface for sedation and analgesia delivery systems and methods
First Claim
1. An improved system for enabling a non-anesthestist practioner to provide safe and effective sedation with the drug propofol to a patient undergoing a medical procedure performed by a procedural physician without general anesthesia, the system comprising:
- one or more patient health monitor devices adapted so as to receive a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of said patient;
a drug delivery controller for administering the drug propofol to said patient;
a user interface sub-system for receiving user input from said non-anesthetist relating to patient weight, and for providing system information regarding the supply of propofol, information regarding the at least one physiological condition, and information that warns said non-anesthetist said user via said user interface if said administration of propofol has placed the patient in one of the following conditions;
general anesthesia, low SpO2, low respiratory rate, respiratory obstruction, loss of responsiveness, bradycardia, tachycardia, excessively high or low arterial blood pressures, andan electronic controller having a data set reflecting safe and/or unsafe parameters of the al least one physiological condition operably connected to the one or more patient health monitor devices, the drug delivery controller, and the user interface sub-system;
wherein said electronic controller receives said signal reflecting at least one physiological condition and said user input, and in response manages the application of propofol.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a user interface for systems and methods for sedation and analgesia delivery. The user interface receives input from a user of a sedation and analgesia delivery system and relays information regarding the system, the administration of sedation and analgesia, physiological conditions to the user in a context sensitive manner. The information relayed may be displayed to the user on a touch sensitive screen or multi-layer display device. The display may be segregated geographically or may be color coded on the display device where the geographic location and/or color of the displayed information relates further information to the user.
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36 Claims
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1. An improved system for enabling a non-anesthestist practioner to provide safe and effective sedation with the drug propofol to a patient undergoing a medical procedure performed by a procedural physician without general anesthesia, the system comprising:
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one or more patient health monitor devices adapted so as to receive a signal reflecting at least one physiological condition of said patient; a drug delivery controller for administering the drug propofol to said patient; a user interface sub-system for receiving user input from said non-anesthetist relating to patient weight, and for providing system information regarding the supply of propofol, information regarding the at least one physiological condition, and information that warns said non-anesthetist said user via said user interface if said administration of propofol has placed the patient in one of the following conditions;
general anesthesia, low SpO2, low respiratory rate, respiratory obstruction, loss of responsiveness, bradycardia, tachycardia, excessively high or low arterial blood pressures, andan electronic controller having a data set reflecting safe and/or unsafe parameters of the al least one physiological condition operably connected to the one or more patient health monitor devices, the drug delivery controller, and the user interface sub-system;
wherein said electronic controller receives said signal reflecting at least one physiological condition and said user input, and in response manages the application of propofol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An improved method for the safe and effective administration of sedation drugs to a patient undergoing medical and/or surgical procedures by a non-anesthetist without general anesthesia, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) connecting to a patient a drug delivery device having a drug delivery controller supplying one or more of said drugs, said drug delivery controller being coupled to an electronic controller which controls the delivery of the drugs to the patient; b) attaching one or more patient health monitor devices to said patient to reflect a value of at least one physiological condition of said patient for input to said electronic controller; c) said electronic controller accessing parameters, said parameters including default settings for delivery of drugs to said patient and predetermined values of said monitored physiological condition correlating to safe and effective sedation; d) said electronic controller comparing said values generated by said patient health monitor devices with said parameters; e) said electronic controller causing said drug delivery device to modify said desired supply rate of the drugs as necessary in response to said comparing in order to maintain said patient safely within said normal levels of desired sedation during said procedure; and f) a user interface for permitting input of patient data including patient weight, and for providing information regarding the at least one physiological condition of a patient, and information regarding the delivery of one or more of said drugs, and for warning the non-anesthestist user if the user input and/or the physiological condition of the patient is unsafe. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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