Infusion system
An infusion system or infusion set is a medical device used to connect an infusion container to a parenteral access (often intravenous , subcutaneous or intraosseous ; rarely intraperitoneal or intraarterial ).
It consists from top to bottom
- a spike for piercing the rubber stopper on the infusion container (1),
- a drip chamber (2) with ventilation (green in the picture),
- the transparent infusion line (3)
- a flow regulator (orange in the picture) to control the speed at which the infusion fluid enters the body (4), and
- a connection connector (e.g. according to the Luer system ) for connection to the access, e.g. B. a peripheral venous catheter (5).
Infusion systems are usually sold as a sterile packaged single-use product. Many manufacturers (e.g. B. Braun , DKS Loversan , Söhngen , etc. ) use the term “infusion device” instead of an infusion system.