Infusion pumps

Infusion pumps are the hospital and home devices that push liquid medicine into a patient at a controlled rate, so nurses, anaesthesia teams, oncology services and some home-care patients reach for them every day. By our assessment, their main strength is dose control: they can deliver a steady flow far more precisely than a manual drip. That precision is also why the trade-off matters, because programming errors, blocked lines or air in the line can turn a useful device into a dangerous one if staff are careless. In practice they are usually slow, alert-heavy machines with screens, tubing, syringes or bags, and a constant need for checking the setup. They sit above gravity drips and below the larger idea of all drug delivery hardware, because their whole purpose is controlled continuous infusion. They suit settings where timing and dosage need discipline, not places that want simple one-off treatment.