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  2. Air embolism - Wikipedia

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    Gas embolism is a diving disorder experienced by underwater divers who breathe gases at ambient pressure, and can happen in two distinct ways: . Pulmonary barotrauma: Air bubbles can enter the bloodstream as a result of gross trauma to the lining of the lung following a rapid ascent while holding the breath; the air held within the lung expands to the point where the tissues tear (pulmonary ...

  3. Decompression sickness - Wikipedia

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    Since bubbles can form in or migrate to any part of the body, DCS can produce many symptoms, and its effects may vary from joint pain and rashes to paralysis and death. DCS often causes air bubbles to settle in major joints like knees or elbows, causing individuals to bend over in excruciating pain, hence its common name, the bends.

  4. Infusion pump - Wikipedia

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    An air filter is an essential safety device in a pressure infusor, to keep air out of the patients' veins. Small bubbles could cause harm in arteries, but in the veins they pass through the heart and leave in the patients' lungs. The air filter is just a membrane that passes gas but not fluid or pathogens. When a large air bubble reaches it, it ...

  5. ApiJect Systems - Wikipedia

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    ApiJect Systems Corporation is an American company founded in 2018 by Marc Koska [2] and based in Stamford, Connecticut [3] that produces pre-filled single use plastic injectors. [4] ApiJect works with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to fill their injectable drug products into single-dose prefilled injectors.

  6. Injector pen - Wikipedia

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    Injector pens remove some of the complications of syringes by allowing the pen to be "pushed" against the skin at a 90-degree angle (removing the need to inject at a proper angle as is the case with syringes), as well as by replacing a long, thin plunger of a syringe with a simple button which is depressed and held to inject the dose.

  7. Pneumoperitoneum - Wikipedia

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    Pneumoperitoneum is pneumatosis (abnormal presence of air or other gas) in the peritoneal cavity, a potential space within the abdominal cavity.The most common cause is a perforated abdominal organ, generally from a perforated peptic ulcer, although any part of the bowel may perforate from a benign ulcer, tumor or abdominal trauma.

  8. Autoinjector - Wikipedia

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    Most autoinjectors are one-use, disposable, spring-loaded syringes (prefilled syringes). By design, autoinjectors are easy to use and are intended for self-administration by patients, administration by untrained personnel, or easy use by healthcare professionals; they can also overcome the hesitation associated with self-administration using a ...

  9. Tubex (syringe cartridge) - Wikipedia

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    The Tubex Syringe cartridge was developed c. 1943 during World War II by the Wyeth company. It is a drug pre-filled glass cartridge syringe with an attached sterile needle, which is inserted in a reusable stainless steel holder (now plastic). The product was manufactured for immediate injection once the pre-filled cartridge was attached to the ...