What is an infusion pump?

An infusion pump is a medical machine that delivers liquids, such as nutrients and medications, into a patient’s body in controlled amounts. Infusion pumps are in widespread use in medical locations such as hospitals, nursing homes, and the home. In general, an infusion pump made by Infusion Pump Manufacturers is worked by a trained user, who plans the rate and length of fluid distribution through a built-in software interface. Infusion pumps offer noteworthy advantages over the manual administration of liquids, including the ability to deliver liquids in very small volumes, and the ability to deliver liquids at exactly programmed rates or automated intervals. They can distribute nutrients or medicines, such as insulin or other hormones, antibiotics, chemotherapy drugs, and pain relievers. 

There are many kinds of infusion pumps, including large capacity, patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), elastomeric, syringe, enteral, and insulin pumps, Some are intended mainly for still use at a patient’s bedside. Others, named ambulatory infusion pumps, are intended to be transportable or wearable.

Because infusion pumps are normally used to direct critical liquids, including high-risk medicines, pump failures can have noteworthy consequences for patient safety. Many infusion pumps are armed with security features, such as alarms or other operator alerts that are envisioned to initiate in the event of a problem. For instance, some pumps are calculated to alert users when air or another obstruction is detected in the tubing that delivers fluid to the patient. Some newer infusion pumps available from Infusion Pump Manufacturers in India, often named smart pumps, are intended to alert the user when there is a risk of an adversative drug interface, or when the user sets the pump’s parameters outside of specified security limits.