Multi-modular arrangement for anaesthesia
First Claim
1. An arrangement for inducing a state of anesthesia in a living creature and maintaining that creature in the state by intravenously administering to the creature a quantity and/or volume of anesthesia-inducing medication, comprising:
- a basic unit having a basic unit contact and a basic unit housing including a housing recess configured to simultaneously receive multiple modular units therein; and
one of said modular units being attachable in parallel with respect to another modular unit within the housing recess and electrically connectable to the basic unit via said basic unit contact, said modular units being insertable into the housing recess via the basic unit contact and detachable therefrom, at least one of the modular units being configured to cooperate with the basic unit to activate one or more functions stored in the basic unit as computer software, said one or more functions being related to anesthetizing a creature, and at least one of the modular units being configured to measure and/or monitor the diagnostic criteria of the creature or control the therapeutic criteria of the creature;
wherein at least one modular unit contains a processor connected to a system identification circuit with a selected electronic interface, and a function-related sensor operatively connected to the system identification circuit; and
wherein the least one modular unit contains a module-identification and/or function-identification circuit with the system identification circuit;
the module-identification circuit and/or function-identification circuit being configured to activate computer software stored in the basic unit; and
wherein at least one of the modular units is configured with hardware and/or software related to a plurality of selected functions.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement for inducing a state of anaesthesia in a living creature and maintaining the creature in that state by administering to the said creature an infused volume of liquid anaesthesia-inducing medication per unit of time, preferably during the use of one or more lung ventilation unit(s)s and one or more infusion unit(s).
The arrangement comprises a basic unit (102) with control function software (600a′–600r′) and one or more modular unit(s) (30′, 30, 30″) containing hardware for the control functions. When a modular unit (30′) co-acts with the basic unit (102), it (30′) activates the control functions stored in the basic unit (102).
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29 Claims
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1. An arrangement for inducing a state of anesthesia in a living creature and maintaining that creature in the state by intravenously administering to the creature a quantity and/or volume of anesthesia-inducing medication, comprising:
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a basic unit having a basic unit contact and a basic unit housing including a housing recess configured to simultaneously receive multiple modular units therein; and one of said modular units being attachable in parallel with respect to another modular unit within the housing recess and electrically connectable to the basic unit via said basic unit contact, said modular units being insertable into the housing recess via the basic unit contact and detachable therefrom, at least one of the modular units being configured to cooperate with the basic unit to activate one or more functions stored in the basic unit as computer software, said one or more functions being related to anesthetizing a creature, and at least one of the modular units being configured to measure and/or monitor the diagnostic criteria of the creature or control the therapeutic criteria of the creature; wherein at least one modular unit contains a processor connected to a system identification circuit with a selected electronic interface, and a function-related sensor operatively connected to the system identification circuit; and
wherein the least one modular unit contains a module-identification and/or function-identification circuit with the system identification circuit;
the module-identification circuit and/or function-identification circuit being configured to activate computer software stored in the basic unit; and
wherein at least one of the modular units is configured with hardware and/or software related to a plurality of selected functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An arrangement for inducing a state of anesthesia in a living creature and maintaining that creature in the state by intravenously administering to said creature a quantity and/or volume of anesthesia-inducing medication, comprising:
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a basic unit comprising a basic unit housing including a housing recess configured to simultaneously receive multiple modular units therein, a basic unit contact, and one or more modular units being insertable in said recess of the basic unit housing via the basic unit contact and detachable therefrom; and one of said modular units being attachable in parallel with respect to another modular unit and electrically connectable to the basic unit via said basic unit contact, at least one of the modular units being configured to cooperate with the basic unit to activate one or more functions stored in the basic unit as computer software, said one or more functions being related to anesthetizing a creature, wherein at least one modular unit contains a processor connected to a system identification circuit with a selected electronic interface, and a function-related sensor operatively connected to the system identification circuit; and
wherein the least one modular unit contains a module-identification and/or function-identification circuit with the system identification circuit;
the module-identification circuit and/or function-identification circuit being configured to activate computer software stored in the basic unit; and
wherein at least one of the modular units is configured with hardware and/or software related to a plurality of selected functions.and at least one of the modular units being configured to measure and/or monitor the diagnostic criteria of the creature or control the therapeutic criteria of the creature, at least one of said modular units being configured to cooperate with said basic unit to provide sensing of one or more function-related criteria, said function-related criteria being; a) Oxygen measurement employing paramagnetic sensing; b) Oxygen measurement employing chemical cells; c) Carbon dioxide measurement; d) Pulse oximetry; e) EGG; f) Bi-spectral index; g) Pressure, flow and/or volume in one unit; h) NIBP value (blood pressure measured with a cuff); i) IBP (blood pressure measured with a cannula in a blood vessel); j) Measurement of patient temperature; k) Cardiac output (measurement of the heart'"'"'s minute volume); l) Lung ventilator, simple type; m) Lung ventilator, advanced type; n) Lung ventilator, high frequency type; o) Blood occlusion regulator; p) Oxygen administration; q) Infusion units of various kinds; and r) Nitrous oxide administration. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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