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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Hartmut Schmidt, Heilshoop, DE;
Hartmut Schmidt, Heilshoop, DE;
Dräger Medical GmbH, Lübeck, DE;
Abstract
A device is provided for controlling the depth of sedation of a respirated patient. The device includes a respirator () and a sensor array () for detecting the tidal volume and/or the respiration rate of the patient being respirated. A computing unit () is provided for calculating the measured values determined with the sensor array (). A drug regulating unit (), a drug dispensing unit (), and a central control device () are provided. The central control device () has stored desired values for the drug concentration to be dispensed as a function of a preselected depth of sedation corresponding to the corresponding variability over time of the tidal volume and/or respiration rate. The drug regulating unit () sets the drug dispensing unit () as a function of the tidal volume detected and/or the respiration rate for a preselected depth of sedation of the patient.