In North Glasgow we want to replace our hundreds of Graseby MS16A and MS26 pumps with a safer ambulatory syringe driver.
We have looked at the Micrel pump which has some advantages over the old Graseby syringe drivers, but it still does not meet most of the MHRA (MDA) "important safety features."
We have had an inital look at a pre-production Graseby Advancia MS. This appears to meet all the MHRA safety features, the only disadvantage we could see was that it was larger and heavier than the old MS16A/MS26. So we were looking forward to conducting a full scale evaluation of this pump once it was placed on the market. We were extremely disappointed to learn last week that Graseby has stopped the development of the Advancia. A very strange decision when one considers the sales potential of this pump.
So where do we go from here? Well, the only option I see for an ambulatory pump which meets most or all of the MHRA important safety features is to go for one of the volumetic ambulatory pumps. But these have high lifetime costs with expensive consumables and purchase prices of two to four times the cost of the MS16A/MS26.
Like Roy, I await with interest other replies. I'm having difficulty finding one suitable pump, let alone five!
