DRÄGER MEDICAL EXPANDS ZEUS®1 ANESTHESIA SYSTEM BUILT ON OBJECTIVITY
- Objectivity’s High Performance, Real-time Object Database (ODBMS) Supports Process Optimization and Cost-cutting Anesthesia Solution for the Operating Room -
For Immediate Release:
SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- (April 11, 2006) -- - Supporting mission-critical medical solutions, Objectivity, Inc., the leader in real-time data management solutions for complex inter-related data, today announces the expanded deployment of Objectivity/DB inside Dräger Medical's Zeus® system. Zeus is a high precision anesthesia system that contains a revolutionary concept of modern highly available anesthesia inside the operation theater. Dräger Medical recently released new Zeus system software offering expanded capabilities that are particularly well-suited for use in pediatric ventilation.
Award winning Mission-critical Anesthesia Solution Zeus integrates all acute forms of anesthesia applications, patient monitoring, and documentation. In addition to the manual control of fresh gas dosages, Zeus also allows for automatic control of oxygen, carrier gas, and volatile anesthetics: TCA™ = Target-Controlled Anesthesia. Additionally, intravenous applications, from TIVA (Total Intravenous Anesthesia) to TCI (Target-Controlled Infusion), can be controlled through the same operating concept. During 2005, Frost & Sullivan recognized Dräger Medical with the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Brand Development Strategy Leadership Award for the European anesthesia and respiratory equipment market. The award recognizes Dräger Medical's ability to best perceive consumer needs and develop marketing strategies that elevate Dräger Medical's overall value perception.
New Pediatric Anesthesia Solution Dräger Medical recently released new Zeus system software offering expanded automatic control of all anesthetic gases, a capability particularly well-suited for use in pediatric ventilation. The Zeus rebreathing system has one of the world's smallest system volumes. As a result, the system is particularly well suited for ventilating children and newborns. The automatic computer-assisted anesthesia control (Target Controlled Anesthesia, TCA) has been available for adult anesthesia for more than a year.
Embedded Objectivity Database Enhances Reliability and Performance Objectivity/DB is storing and analyzing information from a variety of sensors that Zeus is monitoring for patterns in the streams of data. Objectivity/DB is also used in the Zeus document management application that helps ensure positive patient outcomes. Objectivity/DB's real-time monitoring and analysis is critical to enabling Zeus to make split second changes to improve patient care in the operating room. Dräger Medical is using the Objectivity/DB C++ language binding running on the Windows NT platform.
Success from an Object-oriented Design Approach Zeus has been successful because of the high quality of the electronic and mechanical construction plus the fact that Dräger Medical implemented the embedded Zeus software via an object-oriented design approach. This was the key factor for success of implementing a smart device that meets the requirements of a modern high class anesthesia system. Consequently, Objectivity/DB as the object-oriented database fit perfectly into the Zeus software design. Within Dräger Medical's research and development, the complete C++ software of Zeus, including the database model for Objectivity, was designed and generated from exactly one model created with IBM's Rational Rose™. This ensured a consistent software implementation and fast turn around cycles inside research and development without the need of spending effort on technical software interface layers between the database software and the application software. "Of significant benefit to us, Objectivity is an object oriented database platform that supports high availability with zero administration effort inside the field. This enables our customers to avoid downtimes because of database maintenance." said Wolfgang Vollendorf, manager of research and development for the Business Unit Perioperative Care at Dräger Medical. "The Objectivity/DB platform is gaining favor in mission critical medical solutions such as Dräger Medical's Zeus anesthesia system." states Jay Jarrell, president and CEO of Objectivity, Inc. "This system underscores the importance of real-time performance and high availability, key factors for success in the medical market."
About Dräger Medical Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG is one of the world's leading manufacturers of medical equipment, the largest division of Drägerwerk AG (history dates back to 1889) and a 65:35 joint venture company between Drägerwerk AG and Siemens AG. The global Company offers products, services and integrated CareArea™ Solutions throughout the patient care process - Emergency Care, Perioperative Care, Critical Care, Perinatal Care and Home Care. With headquarters in Lübeck, Germany, Dräger Medical employs nearly 6,000 people worldwide. Additional information is available on the Company's website http://www.draeger-medical.com.
