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A ROBOT WHICH CAN induce a general anaesthetic for operations has been developed in France.

Professor Marc Fischler, head anaesthetists at the Foch Hospital in Paris, France, said that the robot was built using American equipment and tested on some 200 patients.

It means that the anaesthetists can concentrate on overseeing the patient's condition during the course of the operation and not have to worry about making sure that there is a regular supply of drugs to go around.

It can handle patients regardless of how serious their condition for operations as long as 14 hours.

The robot has a bispectral monitor developed in the United States which can looks at the depth of the anaesthetic-induced stupour by recording brain activity.

Data is fed into a computer which controls the supply of morphine and hypnotic drugs. Every home should have one. µ

L'Inq
AP