The system enables physician-led medical teams to administer minimal-to-moderate propofol sedation to healthy patients undergoing routine colonoscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy procedures.
“Anesthesiologists typically use propofol to deliver deep sedation; however, the SEDASYS System targets minimal-to-moderate sedation. The system provides continuous monitoring and rapid safety responses if adverse sedation-related physiology is detected,” said Randy Hickle, MD, anesthesiologist and originator of the concept for the SEDASYS system. “The system enhances patient safety through four integrated elements — dosing restrictions, automated oxygen delivery, patient alarms and system status advisories.”
The announcement was made at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2014, the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Oct. 11 to Oct. 15.
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