I wrote recently about Sedasys, a machine that automates anesthesia. It’s a first-of-its-kind device in the United States. Only four hospitals use it for now. It's restricted to colonoscopies ...

Hana Pharm plans to launch the product in the Philippines in the fourth quarter of this year. The approval of Byfavo TM in general anesthesia in the Philippines is the first approval in the six ...

Sketchy power grids mean the lights often go out, and with them, the anesthesia machine. In other cases, there are too few oxygen tanks for a surgery, so it's canceled. Two decades ago ...

The primary fallback plan is to substitute anesthesia gas machines, thousands of which are unused as hospitals are forced to cancel nonurgent procedures. Other more desperate plans include ...