Implanted fluid propulsion systems with self-contained power source for providing long-term controlled-rate delivery of drugs such as chemotherapeutic agents or analgesics. Delivery rate may be externally controlled or osmotically or peristatically controlled with the aid of transcutaneous monitoring
Catheters, Indwelling -- adverse effects : Diagnostic and interventional radiology of arteriovenous accesses for hemodialysis / Luc Turmel-Rodrigues, Claude J. Renaud ; with contributions by Bernard Beyssen [and others]