Workstation Monitors Anesthesia

By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 22 Jun 2005
An anesthesia workstation with a system for intravenous drugs allows for all current anesthesia drugs to be administered, from balanced anesthesia to total intravenous anesthesia.

The IVenus system consists of an admission station and up to four syringe pump modules. It is integrated into the Zeus anesthesia system, where power is supplied and data are exchanged by means of a single cable. The user controls and monitors the administration of the IV drugs and the delivery of the anesthetic from the Zeus system monitor directly.

The advantages of IV anesthesia are a reduction in postoperative side effects as well as more precise control of recovery time, which lead to significantly lower process costs, according to Prof. J. Motsch, M.D., University of Heidelberg (Germany).

Zeus also offers now the comfort of integrated anesthesia-effect monitoring, in which the effects of sedation on the patient's brain are measured and monitored by the Infinity BIX SmartPod using the latest BIX XP technology, and the patient's muscle relaxation levels are monitored by the Infinity Trident Pod, which measures neuromuscular transmission.
The workstation is the product of Draeger Medical AG (Lubeck, Germany).






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