McSleepy: The fully automated anesthesia system

Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 16:56 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) have performed the world’s first totally automated administration of an anesthetic. Nicknamed “McSleepy,” the new system developed by the researchers administers drugs for general anesthesia and monitors their separate effects completely automatically, with no manual intervention. read more

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