Researchers' develop McSleepy, Robot Anesthetist

New Technology
Written by Team Josh
Saturday, 03 May 2008
You may imagine a situation where a patient is waiting for a Anesthetist, who come and take care of him. A volia! It is a robot there, for the job. Don't be afraid. The robot is trained to do the job assigned and it performs even better than human Anesthetist. The name of the machine is Mcsleepy and it is developed by a team of Canadian researchers at McGill University. The new system administers drugs for general anesthesia and monitors their separate effects completely automatically, with no manual intervention. McSleepy helps the anesthesiologist in the same way an automatic transmission helps people when driving, and allows them to focus more on other aspects of direct patient care. Researchers performed the technique on a patient who underwent a partial nephrectomy – a three and a half hour procedure that removes a kidney tumour while leaving the non-cancerous part of the kidney intact. To manipulate the components of general anesthesia, the automated system uses medical technology – developed by the research team – to measure three parameters, displayed on a new monitor: depth of hypnosis, pain levels, and muscle relaxation. The system can be communicated with PDAs, or laptops where it program is being installed. “It will probably take two years to perfect the system,” said a developer. Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 157 Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Website Comment smaller \| bigger Subscribe via email (Registered users only) I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters
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