Drug Infuser

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

88

Length of issue (in feet)

472

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Laser Landing Aid
2. 2Drug Infuser
3. 3Fleet Suit
4. 4Aids For The Deaf
5. 5Cropping Currants

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: Designed for cancer patients who need a continuous infusion of drugs into an artery, this infuser allows them to live virtually normal lives. In appearance a small metal cylinder, containing a miniature pump and drug sac. It can be strapped to the patient... who is not then restricted to a hospital bed for treatment.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/88

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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