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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028694 | Systems and methods for providing trend analysis in a sedation and analgesia system The present invention includes a sedation and analgesia system capable of gathering data from a single monitor associated with a single patient parameter in a manner that diminishes the probability of false positive alarms responses due to data artifact. The inventi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7578802 | User authorization system and method for a sedation and analgesia system The present invention comprises a security system integral with a sedation and analgesia system. The invention includes a computer assisted IV drug infusion administration device coupled with a secure user interface, or other security means, that can restrict and mo... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7565905 | Apparatuses and methods for automatically assessing and monitoring a patient's responsiveness A care system and associated methods are provided for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures. The care system facilitates a procedural clinician's safely and efficaciously providing sedation and analgesia and ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7559483 | Smart supplies, components and capital equipment The present invention relates to capital equipment units, such as systems for providing medical treatment, that are associated with smart supplies. The smart supplies are tagged with data carriers which may encode such information as a unique ID for the supply or co... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7539537 | Systems and methods for providing sensor fusion The present invention comprises a system that incorporates the natural relationships of patient parameters into a medical monitoring system in order to increase monitoring specificity by reducing false positive alarms resulting from spurious data and inconclusive da... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7527052 | Fail-safe module integral with a sedation and analgesia system and method The invention provides a fail-safe module (FSM) integral with a sedation and analgesia system that meets the high-reliability needs of sedation and/or analgesia delivered by non-anesthetist practitioners. The FSM may operate in “real-time” in order to ensure opt... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7367339 | Neural networks in sedation and analgesia systems The present invention comprises systems and methods for handling large amounts of data prone to ambiguity and artifact in real-time in order to ensure patient safety while performing a procedure involving a sedation and analgesia system. The invention utilizes neura... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7316231 | Resuscitation kit system and method and pre-use protocols for a sedation and analgesia system The present invention provides a sedation and analgesia system having an emergency medical kit, where the medical kit is designed to meet the specific needs of medical emergencies related to the delivery of sedatives, analgesics, and/or amnestics. The invention furt... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308894 | Apparatuses and methods for providing a conscious patient relief from pain and anxiety associated with medical or surgical procedures according to appropriate clinical heuristics A care system and associated methods are provided for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures. The system comprises: at least one patient health monitor device coupled to a patient and generating a signal refle... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299981 | Smart supplies, components and capital equipment The present invention relates to capital equipment units, such as systems for providing medical treatment, that are associated with smart supplies. The smart supplies are tagged with data carriers which may encode such information as a unique ID for the supply or co... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7247154 | Method for drug delivery in association with medical or surgical procedures Disclosed are methods for facilitating medical and/or procedures that are performed without “general anesthesia,” which is also described in the specification as the state of patient “unconsciousness” resulting from a drug administered by an anesthetist or a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7229430 | Apparatuses and methods for titrating drug delivery A method and apparatus for reducing the workload of titrating drug to effect while leaving clinician users in control of a related procedure is described. A drug delivery device is controlled to achieve a target drug concentration at a selected site in the patient o... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201734 | Apparatus for drug delivery in association with medical or surgical procedures Disclosed are devices for facilitating medical and/or procedures that are performed without “general anesthesia,” which is also described in the specification as the state of patient “unconsciousness” resulting from a drug administered by an anesthetist or a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7152604 | Apparatus and method for mask free delivery of an inspired gas mixture and gas sampling Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the delivery of inspired gas, e.g., supplemental O2, to a person combined with gas sampling, including for the purpose of monitoring of the ventilation of the person. In the invention, the delivery of inspired gas ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150735 | Drug container entry mechanisms and method The invention of this application relates generally to intravenous (IV) infusion of drugs to patients, and more particularly to aspects of an IV infusion system comprising an infusate cassette and an infusate container. The present invention provides a drug infusion... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7034692 | System and method for transparent early detection, warning, and intervention during a medical procedure The present invention relates, in general, to prevention of false, annoying, or oversensitive alarms, providing early detection by a sensitive test, generating silent, semi-overt, or overt alarm conditions and/or initiating early passive or active interventions to u... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6986347 | Apparatus and method for providing a conscious patient relief from pain and anxiety associated with medical or surgical procedures A care system and associated methods are provided for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures. The system comprises: at least one patient health monitor device generating a signal reflecting at least one physio... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6938619 | Mask free delivery of oxygen and ventilatory monitoring Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the delivery of supplemental oxygen gas to a person combined with the monitoring of the ventilation of the person with both being accomplished without the use of a sealed face mask. Preferred embodiments of the present invent... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6807965 | Apparatus and method for providing a conscious patient relief from pain and anxiety associated with medical or surgical procedures A care system and associated methods are provided for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures. Embodiments of the system include a health monitor device coupled to a patient and generating a signal reflecting a... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6745764 | Apparatus and method for providing a conscious patient relief from pain and anxiety associated with medical or surgical procedures A care system and associated methods are provided for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures. The care system facilitates a procedural physician's safely and efficaciously providing conscious sedation to a pat... | 06/08/2004 |
