Tele-Assist System
Fig. 1: Principle of the Tele-Assist system.
Fig. 2: Setup of the anaesthesia supervision system.
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Project description
As economic resources become tighter, the efficient arrangement of medical working spaces within hospitals is of increasing importance. Specifically in the context of teaching clinics, it is common for a novice doctor to receive supervision and guidance from an experienced colleague. In order to do this efficiently, the supervisor requires comprehensive and immediate medical information about the patient. On the other hand, advancing technology allows for an ever increasing multiplicity of parameters to be monitored and adjusted. In order to handle these parameters in a manageable fashion, a central collection of vital information (physiological as well as technical) and an ergonomic display is essential.
Project goals
In the scope of the "Tele-Assistant System" project, an initial concept for anesthesia monitoring will be developed and evaluated. The performance will ultimately be based on the device’s ability to allow an experienced doctor to remotely monitor vital parameters during anesthesia and to switch between several operation rooms.
As a long-term goal, perioperative anesthesia delivery will be further automated, thereby allowing an anesthesiologist to preset the desired parameters (e.g. depth of anesthesia and relaxation levels) while the anesthetic system autonomously controls the proper dosage of the required medication.
Project partners
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Clinic of Aachen
- Supported by the START Program of the University Clinic of Aachen