Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) allows the patient to administer his own pain relief via a computer controlled infusion pump. When the patient feels pain he presses a button and a strong pain medication (analgesic, such as Morphine) is infused directly into the bloodstream. Most patients do not obtain enough pain relief with the current models because:
• The amounts of pain medication are fixed at a low 'safe' level.
• The amount of pain medication required varies up to 20 times between patients.
• Social perceptions. A new PCA system,
called the "Adaptive PCA" has been developed and trialed on 21 patients at the Royal Melbourne Hospital Australia. Depending on the patient, it allows a greater range of pain medication and follows the patient's time dependent profile. Greater pain relief is achieved with the new Adaptive PCA system. The Adaptive PCA system was developed by Dr Heiko RUDOLPH and Professor Jack Cade of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. Adaptive PCA - PhD thesis at The University of Melbourne:
https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/39221?show=full
Key publication 1:
Smart technology improves patient‐controlled analgesia: a preliminary report
H Rudolph, JF Cade, PT Morley, JS Packer, B Lee - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 1999
Key publication 2:
Pain relief using smart technology: an overview of a new patient-controlled analgesia device
H Rudolph, JS Packer, JF Cade, B Lee, P Morley - … Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on, 1999
Market opportunity
This Adaptive PCA System provides significantly better pain relief, and is the next level in PCA devices. Adaptive PCA would suit a manufacturer of PCA pumps seeking to increase their market share. Adaptive PCA is ready for commercialization. To create a new line of Adaptive PCA pumps would require only small changes in existing PCA pumps and the addition of a 'Smart Handset'. Further Intellectual Property can be created through advances in the Adaptive PCA algorithm. NOTE: the website : http://mondo.com.au/adaptive.html
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