Power Contrast Injector
Power Injector · Contrast Injector · Angiographic Injector · Contrast Delivery System · ACIST CVi · Medrad
A motorized syringe pump on a pole or arm, with a touchscreen for setting the injection and a syringe that holds the contrastKON-trastA dye or other substance given before an imaging test so body parts show up more clearly.Full entry . Single-use patient tubing runs from the syringe to the angiographic catheter.
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What it’s for
Pushes a set volume of X-ray contrastKON-trastA dye or other substance given before an imaging test so body parts show up more clearly.Full entry at a set infusion ratein-FYOO-zhun RATEHow fast an IV fluid or drug flows into the client, usually written in milliliters per hour or drops per minute.Full entry through the catheter during angiographyan-jee-OG-ruh-feeAn imaging test that shows blood vessels by injecting a contrast dye and taking x-ray, CT or MRI pictures.angi/o vessel-graphy process of recordingFull entry , so the vessels show clearly on fluoroscopyfloo-ROS-kuh-peeAn x-ray method that shows moving pictures of the inside of the body in real time.fluor/o glowing (from the fluorescent screen)-scopy looking, viewingFull entry . Endograft makers list a power injector among the equipment for thoracicthuh-RAS-ikRelating to the chest, or to the middle part of the spine.thorac/o chest-ic relating toFull entry endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR).
Lengths and variants
Some models, like the ACIST CVi, add a hand controller that lets the physician vary the infusion ratein-FYOO-zhun RATEHow fast an IV fluid or drug flows into the client, usually written in milliliters per hour or drops per minute.Full entry in real time.
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- acist.com
- Cook Medical. Zenith Alpha Thoracic Endovascular Graft Instructions for Use, p. 12
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