It's game over for the robot intended to replace anesthesiologists

Last May, we wrote about a new machine from healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson that could sedate patients for routine medical procedures. The device handled one of the most routine and yet risky hospital procedures: Putting someone to sleep so they don't feel discomfort or pain, yet not so asleep that they don't wake up. At the time, the Sedasys machine was being used in just four hospitals, including the one we visited in Toledo. We watched as the Sedasys device provided basic anesthesiology services to a series of patients undergoing routine endoscopies and colonoscopies. No longer did you need a trained anesthesiologist.