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Development of an Implantable Drug Infusion Pump for Pain Control in Cancer Patients

암 환자 통증 조절을 위한 이식형 약물 주입 펌프 개발

  • 백두진 (국립암센터 연구소 의공학연구과) ;
  • 박준우 (국립암센터 연구소 의공학연구과) ;
  • 홍소영 (국립암센터 연구소 의공학연구과) ;
  • 이철한 (국립암센터 연구소 의공학연구과) ;
  • 김광기 (국립암센터 연구소 의공학연구과) ;
  • 조영호 (국립암센터 연구소 의공학연구과) ;
  • 김대현 (국립암센터 부속병원 마취통증의학과)
  • Received : 2009.01.30
  • Accepted : 2009.05.25
  • Published : 2009.06.01

Abstract

This paper presents a implantable intrathecal drug infusion pump for pain control in cancer patients. This device consists of micropump module, drug reservoir module and control module. The micropump module using cam-follower mechanism composed of small-sized four cams and four followers. Each followers is driven by a cam and liquid is discharged by a sequential reciprocal motion of the followers. The advantage of this structure is that it allows the pump to be clean and valveless. The drug reservoir module composed of drug chamber, gas chamber and diaphragm. The control module composed of battery, wireless communication unit and controller. To design a small-sized, low power pump some analysis were performed to determine the design parameters. To verify the feasibility of the experiment, a prototype was manufactured and its operating characteristics were investigated. Experimental results were in accordance with the expected results obtained from analysis.

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