Programmable Infusion System
Introduction to SynchroMed® Infusion System
The SynchroMed Pump
Clinical Considerations in Selecting 20 mL and 40 mL Pumps
N'Vision® Programmer
Important Safety Information and Risks
Intrathecal Catheters

The Medtronic SynchroMed^® Infusion System is an implantable, programmable drug delivery system used to treat pain, spasticity, and cancer.

This system has been commercially available since 1988. The newest model available is the SynchroMed II infusion system, which consists of the following components:

• An implantable, programmable pump (Figure 1)
• An intrathecal catheter (Figure 5, Figure 6)
• An external programmer (Figure 4)

• Chronic intrathecal or epidural infusion of sterile, preservative-free morphine sulfate for chronic, intractable pain of malignant and/or benign origin;
• Chronic intrathecal infusion of preservative-free ziconotide sterile solution for the management of severe chronic pain;
• Chronic infusion of Lioresal® Injection (baclofen injection) for severe spasticity of spinal or cerebral origin;
• Chronic intravascular infusion of chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer:
• Floxuridine (FUDR)
• Methotrexate

SynchroMed Infusion System for Pain Management

The information on system components in this section focuses on the SynchroMed pump as it is used for pain. For information on the pump as it is indicated for spasticity, refer to the Medtronic Intrathecal Baclofen (ITB) Therapy^SM website.

Refer to the current SynchroMed pump technical manual for a complete list of indications, contraindictions, warnings, precautions and adverse events. Also see Important Safety Information and Risks.

Programmable Infusion System
Introduction to SynchroMed® Infusion System
The SynchroMed Pump
Clinical Considerations in Selecting 20 mL and 40 mL Pumps
N'Vision® Programmer
Important Safety Information and Risks
Intrathecal Catheters