| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (60) is provided for the safe, passive reconstitution of a drug or other beneficial agent, without requiring manual reconstitution steps. The apparatus (60) includes a housing (78), preferably having a receptacle (80) "in-line" in an administration set and forming part of an intravenous delivery system, and cartridge (82) adapted for receiving a beneficial agent or beneficial agent and carrier. The cartridge (82) is plugged into the receptacle (80) to initiate reconstitution of the agent. The apparatus (60) creates first and second delivery modes, in which the delivery rate of the agent to a patient is independent from and dependent upon, respectively, the fluid flow rate through the intravenous delivery system.</p> |
