Device delivering medication into the space between the spinal cord and its protective sheath
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An intrathecal pump is a medical device used to deliver (via an intrathecal catheter) medications directly into the space between the spinal cord and the protective sheath surrounding the spinal cord. Medications such as baclofen, bupivacaine, clonidine, morphine, hydromorphone, fentanyl or ziconotide may be delivered in this manner to minimize the side effects often associated with the higher doses used in oral or intravenous delivery of these drugs.
An intrathecalpump is a medical device used to deliver (via an intrathecal catheter) medications directly into the space between the spinal cord and the...
intrathecalpump system. For CNS infections, amphotericin B is administered intrathecally. Currently, only four agents are licensed for intrathecal chemotherapy:...
taken orally (swallowed by mouth) or by intrathecalpump (delivered into the spinal canal via an implantable pump device). It is also sometimes used transdermally...
when delivered as an infusion into the cerebrospinal fluid using an intrathecalpump system. Ziconotide is derived from the toxin of the cone snail species...
58-years-old, were scheduled for placement of an intrathecalpump drug delivery system. After the intrathecalpump was placed, certain medications were given...
is delivered as an infusion into the cerebrospinal fluid using an intrathecalpump system. Ziconitide acts presynaptically on N-type calcium channels...
activity (memantine) or unacceptable side effects (dextromethorpan). Intrathecalpumps deliver medication to the fluid filled (subarachnoid) space surrounding...
botulinum toxin or baclofen, with the latter delivered orally or via an intrathecalpump. Surgery: In some cases, orthopedic and/or neurological surgeries are...
An infusion pump infuses fluids, medication or nutrients into a patient's circulatory system. It is generally used intravenously, although subcutaneous...
metastatic breast and prostate cancer pain. Intrathecalpump An external or implantable intrathecalpump infuses a local anesthetic such as bupivacaine...
pain which do not involve open surgery include implantation of an intrathecalpump (a syringe driver delivering medication into the space around the spinal...
is more effective in managing pain than pulsed radiofrequency. An intrathecalpump used to deliver very small quantities of medications directly to the...
successful in reducing spasticity, thereafter administered via an intrathecalpump, which has variously been proven potentially very dangerous on one...
stopping cells from dividing properly. It is vital that it not be given intrathecally, as this may kill. Vincristine was first isolated in 1961. It is on...
(SIH). EBP has been used to treat pseudomeningoceles and leaks around intrathecalpumps. For SIH, the same administration technique is used but at a different...
Brand FM, Mchaourab AS, Veneziano G (February 2007). "Implantable intrathecalpumps for chronic pain: highlights and updates". Croatian Medical Journal...
in Daytona Beach, Florida. During this time, the state provided an intrathecalpump delivering morphine directly into his back to alleviate his pain. After...
conservative treatments have proven ineffective, Intrathecal Targeted Drug Delivery with an implanted intrathecal pain pump has been used to successfully treat pain...
include the development of cerebral shunts, lumbar-peritoneal shunts, intrathecalpumps, neural drug delivery systems and various diagnostic and therapeutic...
It must be delivered via the intrathecal (directly into the cerebrospinal fluid) route via an intrathecal infusion pump. Naturally occurring compounds...
mouth or by injection (intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous, or intrathecal). Doses are usually taken weekly, not daily, to limit toxicity. Routine...
two-dimensional shape, and form a seal around the outside. At the same time a pump delivers a precise dose of fill material through a nozzle incorporated into...
administered subcutaneously using devices such as injector pens or insulin pumps. An insulin pump consists of a catheter which is inserted into the subcutaneous tissue...
some surgical techniques such as laser or endoscopic diskectomy, intrathecal infusion pumps and spinal cord stimulators, for the diagnosis and management...
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