Drug infusion pump
Equipment
An infusion pump is a medical device that delivers fluids, such as nutrients and medications, into a patient’s body in controlled amounts. Infusion pumps are in widespread use in clinical settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, and in the home. The image shows a portable pump indigenously developed in December 1975 by the Biomedical Engineering Division at IIT Madras. The pump in the image has a constant flow rate of 5-10 cc/hr and is useful for the following: (a) Intravenous infusion of potent drugs to cardiac and renal patients, infusion of small quantities of nutrients to prematurely born babies and induction of labour (b) Intra-arterial infusion of cytotoxic agents to treat cancer.
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