DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CONSCIOUS SEDATION

摘要

Inhalant anesthetics are developed with a number of properties including rap id onset and recovery, controllability, and, ideally, a broad safety profile. T he efficacy of these agents is measured by their ability to create anesthesia within the framework of the other desirable properties. The instant inventio n focuses on the dosage level where analgesia occurs but amnesia or lack of consciousness does not. In addition to identifying the dosage level where pa in is sharply reduced or eliminated but awareness remains, a delivery system fo r safe and effective delivery of the agent is described. The system comprises of a mated index system (10). Oxygen from the O2 source (16) flows through a delivery manifold (22) including sensitive pressure regulator (18) to a flow meter (20).