An automated system for delivering anesthetic developed at UBC just completed a 400 patient clinical trial and is ready for the next step towards regular inclusion in clinical practice. Icontrol-RP automatically dispenses medication every five seconds. The level of anesthetic is carefully controlled for individual patients during surgery.
“We give exactly what that particular patient needs. Nothing more, nothing less,” says Professor Guy Dumont.
The U.S. Navy has expressed interest in testing Icontrol-RP as part of its own autonomous critical care system. Richard Merchant, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, foresees a day when someone aboard a space station will have their appendix removed, comfortably and safely asleep from an automatic infusion of hypnotic medication and an analgesic.
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Providing personalized patient service: Closed-loop anesthetic care system may be coming soon to the battlefield, Medical Device Daily, David Godkin
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