Baxter-Bard InfusOR Syringe Pump
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Title
Baxter-Bard InfusOR Syringe Pump
Subject
Medical equipment
Anesthesia
Infusions, Intravenous – instrumentation
Description
Brigham and Women’s Hospital anesthesiologist and bioengineer, James Philip, ME, MD, and Daniel Raemer Ph.D., developed the first bolus plus infusion pump for intravenous drug administration with the Baxter-Bard InfusOR Syringe Pump. This device delivered a bolus (sudden large intravenous drug dose to increase blood level of drug immediately) simultaneous with increased infusion rate to maintain a constant level of a drug in the blood. Magnetically attachable coded labels for different drugs enforced safety limits and provided a starting setting to properly tailor the therapy to the patient. This was the first pump to serve controlled drug infusion needs. It remained on the world market for 25 years.
Creator
James Philip
Daniel Raemer
Date
1986
Provenance
From James Philip, ME, MD, (Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine), personal collection
Files
Citation
James Philip and Daniel Raemer, “Baxter-Bard InfusOR Syringe Pump,” OnView, accessed April 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26634.