The Feasibility of a Completely Automated Total IV Anesthesia Drug Delivery System for Cardiac Surgery.

Journal: Anesthesia and analgesia
PMID: 27644009

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In this pilot study, we tested a novel automatic anesthesia system for closed-loop administration of IV anesthesia drugs for cardiac surgical procedures with cardiopulmonary bypass. This anesthesia drug delivery robot integrates all 3 components of general anesthesia: hypnosis, analgesia, and muscle relaxation.

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  • Cedrick Zaouter
    From the *CHU de Bordeaux, Service d Anesthésie-Réanimation II, Bordeaux, France; †Division of Experimental Surgery, Department of Anaesthesia, Arnold and Blema Steinberg Simulation Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; ‡Servizio di Anestesia Rianimazione e terapia intensiva, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dip. Scienze Clinico-Chirurgiche Diagnostiche e Pediatriche, Unità di Anestesiologia - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; and §Biofortis, Mérieux NutriSciences Company, Saint-Herblain, France.
  • Thomas M Hemmerling
  • Romain Lanchon
  • Emanuela Valoti
  • Alain Remy
  • Sébastien Leuillet
  • Alexandre Ouattara
    CHU Bordeaux, Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Magellan Medico-Surgical Centre, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.

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