Bispectral Index and End-Tidal Anesthetic Gas Concentration in Pediatric Patients

The BIS™ complete monitoring system is a user-configurable patient monitoring system designed to monitor the hypnotic state of the brain based on the acquisition and processing of EEG signals. The BIS™ complete system processes raw EEG signals to produce a single number, called the BIS™ index, which correlates with the patient's level of hypnosis. A sensor placed on the patient's head transmits EEG signals to the BISx™ unit. The BIS™ unit filters and digitizes the signal, analyzes it for the artifact, and processes it using digital signal processing techniques to derive processed EEG parameters to a single Bispectral Index (BIS™), and finally sends the processed data to the monitor for display. The purpose of processing the EEG waveform data is to extract characteristic features from the complex signal that the BIS™ algorithm can utilize to derive BIS Index.