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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
BO LI, Rexford, NY (US);
Rui Chen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xuefeng Wang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Hanna Elina Viertio-oja, Espoo, FI;
Bo Li, Rexford, NY (US);
Rui Chen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xuefeng Wang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Hanna Elina Viertio-Oja, Espoo, FI;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of monitoring a concentration of an anesthetic drug using a patient's breath is provided. The method comprises forming a breath sample using the patient's breath; exposing one or more sensors to the breath sample; detecting one or more components of the anesthetic drug in the breath sample; measuring a concentration of at least one of the components of the anesthetic drug in the breath sample; and determining a concentration of the component in a plasma of the patient using a transfer function and the concentration of the component in the breath sample.