The disposable Syringe Brake is designed to snap onto the spine of the plunger, serving as an ergonomically friendly attachment to regulate delivery of syringe medication. The breakaway tabs are calibrated at regular intervals to prevent inadvertent overdosing by creating a physical barrier and feedback to the user.
The technology features and specifications of this technology are as follows:
- Breakaway tabs are designed at 1ml.
- Accuracy Tolerance: ±0.1ml
- Easy break of tabs with high resolution numbering
- Fits snugly with plunger, eg. Terumo
These features are important to the safe and efficacous application of this technology in the hospital.
Syringe Brake (SBGuardOn)
Technology Features & Specifications
The technology features and specifications of this technology are as follows:
- Breakaway tabs are designed at 1ml.
- Accuracy Tolerance: ±0.1ml
- Easy break of tabs with high resolution numbering
- Fits snugly with plunger, eg. Terumo
These features are important to the safe and efficacous application of this technology in the hospital.
Potential Applications
Clinicians and healthcare providers often face obstacle when handling over multidose syringes between different personnel. This problem arises as concentrations and number of dosages are not explicitly informed in handovers for example at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) and inpatient settings where there are high volumes of intravenous drug administrations such as morphine. Design of this device serves to solve this issue.
Customer Benefits
By providing an easy snap on device to the syringe, it enhances accuracy in medication delivery. Syringe Brake increases medication safety for patients by preventing medication delivery errors.
The device is effective in the prevention of medication errors. It has great potential for applications in community hospitals, nursing homes, clinic and home care settings other than tertiary hospitals.