Current Developments in Automatic Drug Delivery in Anesthesia

Abstract

The main objectives during general anaesthesia are adequate level of hypnosis, analgesia, relaxation, and stable vital functions. During the last 20 years many control-lers for the automatic drug delivery in anaesthesia were developed. Our group also developed controllers for the neuromuscular blockade, the depth of hypnosis and the analgesia. In order to administer the medication as needed, a model-based control design or a model-based control is a goal worth striving for. The controller designed in our group and first results of the studies are presented and evaluated briefly.