ICIS Quarterly Meeting: Fundamentals of Testing Infusion Pumps by Pronk

Fundamentals of Testing Infusion Pumps by Pronk


Infusion pumps have recently come under greater scrutiny due to an increase in patient incidents. This presentation provides an overview of the various infusion pump technologies available in the market, safety concerns raised by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and provides maintenance and troubleshooting tips to improve their safety and effectiveness.


Julio Castro – Professional Biography
The speaker, Julio Castro, is a Regional Sales Director for Pronk Technologies whose responsibilities in sales also include traveling to biomedical associations presenting technical and educational information to the biomedical engineering community. His background is in electronics, whose career started as an electronics technician in 1988 and has held a wide range of positions in the medical industry including service engineer, service manager, and in sales and marketing over the past 25 years.