Medical effector system

Abstract A sedation delivery system comprising: a) a microprocessor-based bedside monitoring unit having a bedside monitoring-unit host controller which contains a first program which performs the 5 steps of: issuing a request to a non-sedated patient for a non-sedated patient response; receiving a signal based on the non-sedated patient response; and calculating a non sedated response time for the patient based at least in part on a time difference between issuing the request and receiving the signal; b) a microprocessor-based procedure room unit having a procedure-room-unit 10 host controller which contains a second program which performs the steps of: issuing requests through the bedside monitoring unit to a sedated patient for a sedated patient response; receiving a signal through the bedside monitoring unit based on the sedated patient response; calculating a sedated response time for the sedated patient, and calculating a response time difference between the non-sedated and sedated response 15 times; and c) an umbilical cable having a first end attached or attachable to the bedside monitoring unit and having a second end attached or attachable to the procedure room unit, wherein at least one of the first and second ends is detachable from the corresponding bedside monitoring unit or the procedure room unit.