Microscopic system for measuring the effectiveness of anesthesia

2001/11/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Medikuntza

Sometimes it is impossible to know if the anesthetized person is asleep or not and in one of every 1,000 interventions it is estimated that the patient awakens during the intervention.

In order to avoid future bad experiences, researchers from the company specialized in equipment and systems for anesthesia, Datex Ohmeda, are designing a silicon electron that continuously measures the intensity of anesthesia.

The new electron will measure the patient's electroencephalogram and, combined with the new method being designed, will measure the intensity of the anesthesia. Its application in the skin is very simple, without wasting time and with great precision to measure the intensity of the anesthesia.