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A pump placed under the skin of the abdomen that delivers tiny doses of pain medicine directly into the fluid around the spinal cord, for cancer pain that tablets and patches do not control.
Two implanted programmable pumps hold FDA premarket approval under product code LKK: Medtronic's SynchroMed (PMA P860004, with records in the FDA database from 24 May 1988 and more than 400 supplements, the latest in October 2026 naming the SynchroMed infusion system and Ascenda intrathecal catheters) and the Prometra programmable infusion pump system (P080012, approved 7 February 2012, now held by Infusyn Therapeutics). The glossary's intrathecal therapy entry covers intrathecal chemotherapy, which is a different use.
A battery-powered peristaltic or valve-metering pump in a subcutaneous pocket delivers drug through a catheter into the intrathecal space; a clinician reprograms it wirelessly and refills it through the skin.
Query for this technology: (TITLE:"Implanted intrathecal drug delivery pumps for cancer pain" OR ABSTRACT:"Implanted intrathecal drug delivery pumps for cancer pain" OR TITLE:"SynchroMed, Prometra" OR ABSTRACT:"SynchroMed, Prometra" OR TITLE:"Intrathecal pump" OR ABSTRACT:"Intrathecal pump" OR TITLE:"Intrathecal drug delivery system" OR ABSTRACT:"Intrathecal drug delivery system") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about Implanted intrathecal drug delivery pumps for cancer pain (SynchroMed, Prometra), not a curated reading list.
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Shares Early integrated palliative care and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
Shares Early integrated palliative care and the tag devices-gaps-2026-11.
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