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Programmer/testers designed for noninvasively testing and/or changing (i.e., programming) the drug-delivery rate of implanted infusion pumps. These devices typically consist of a computerized unit, including a programming head that can interact with the implanted infusion pump, sending programming signals to the pump and receiving status information from it. Implantable infusion pump programmer/testers are used during patient checkup to test and/or change the drug-delivery rate of the implanted pump (e.g., intrathecal delivery pumps); they are usually appropriate only for a particular set of implantable infusion pumps.
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