IONSYS Launch
Woohoo! It finally made it to the press! Now all I have to do is wait for those fat bonus checks to start rolling in..
For those of you who may be unaware, this device is the one I have been working on (well, a different version of it, anyway) at ALZA. I actually have a demo unit in my room at home, if anyone's interested enough to take a look. Basically, it is as described below in the short snippet taken directly from the article.
Janssen-Cilag International NV announced today that IONSYS(TM) (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system), a new innovative, needle-free system indicated for the management of acute post-operative pain in a hospital setting, will become available in Germany, the UK and Ireland this week.
As a patient activated system, the fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system
does not require needles, pumps, catheters or intravenous (IV) pump stands in the management of post-operative pain.
After the patient presses a button on the system, IONSYS uses a virtually imperceptible low-intensity electrical field to rapidly transport fentanyl through the skin and into the bloodstream in a technologically advanced process called iontophoresis.
For those of you who may be unaware, this device is the one I have been working on (well, a different version of it, anyway) at ALZA. I actually have a demo unit in my room at home, if anyone's interested enough to take a look. Basically, it is as described below in the short snippet taken directly from the article.
Janssen-Cilag International NV announced today that IONSYS(TM) (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system), a new innovative, needle-free system indicated for the management of acute post-operative pain in a hospital setting, will become available in Germany, the UK and Ireland this week.
As a patient activated system, the fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system
does not require needles, pumps, catheters or intravenous (IV) pump stands in the management of post-operative pain.
After the patient presses a button on the system, IONSYS uses a virtually imperceptible low-intensity electrical field to rapidly transport fentanyl through the skin and into the bloodstream in a technologically advanced process called iontophoresis.
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you're telling me you have a needle-free opioid delivery system in your room
Posted by
Unknown |
January 14, 2008 at 9:33 PM
It's a placebo demo version. Not surprisingly, they are pretty strict about controlled substances there. :-p
Posted by
ironlithium10 |
January 14, 2008 at 11:09 PM