Medical effector system

US7970631B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul Bruggeman · Norwalk, US
• Mark A. Burdorff · Loveland, US
• William Collins · Cincinnati, US
• William T. Donofrio · Cincinnati, US
• Curt R. Eyster · Sharonville, US
• Hal H. Katz · Sharonville, US
• James F. Martin · Hondo, US
• Anil K. Nalagatla · Mason, US
• Paul J. Niklewski · Cincinnati, US
• Salvatore Privitera · Mason, US
• Fred B. Stevens, III · Cincinnati, US
• Jeffery J. Wuennemann · Monroe, US
• Randall S. Hickle · Lubbock, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2230/63
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical effector system comprised of a bedside unit and a procedure unit. The bedside unit contains a series of connection points for receiving inputs from a series of patient monitors. The procedure unit contains a patient monitoring and medical effector program, and a drug delivery pump or magnetic flux generator capable of delivering therapeutic energy to a patient. The medical effector system contains the capability to issue and receive a request from a non-sedated patient, issue and receive a request from a sedated patient and then to calculate a time difference. The medical effector program operates the pump or magnetic flux generator based upon at least some of the patient outputs and program inputs including a calculated time difference. A removable umbilical cable connects the two units and allows the output of the patient monitors as well as other information to travel between the two units.