The Ivy Duo+

Planning infusion therapy

The integrated infusion therapy planning tool enables healthcare professionals to plan therapies from two different sources well in advance for up to 26 hours. The system automatically manages the transition between sources and streamlines the process for healthcare providers.

7-inch touchscreen

Our state-of-the-art interface features a 7-inch touchscreen and offers users a spacious and clear display. The user-friendly design aims to minimize input errors, ensuring a seamless experience. With its excellent readability even from a distance, the screen can be easily adjusted to accommodate individual user preferences, guaranteeing optimal comfort and convenience.

A simple screen showing the basic graphical user interface of the Ivy Duo+

Precise pressure detection

Cleverly placed force sensors provide a real-time measurement of the force inside the administration set. This allows for accurate occlusion detection and protection against high pressures within the system.

Automatic air bubble removal

By combining our advanced administration set design with sophisticated software coding, the system possesses the capability to autonomously eliminate air from the administration set. Not only does this reduce the number of interruptions of the therapy, but it also creates a high level of safety against air infusion.

Expected to reduce alarms

The system is designed to be as safe as possible, adhering to all relevant safety regulations, while our leading technology minimizes alarm situations. Our technology operates without a drip chamber and counter and is highly resistant to unexpected shocks and tilting. With the introduction of automatic air bubble removal and enabling automatic multi-therapy schedules, we expect to reduce the number of alarms compared to current infusion pumps.

Mobility

A key feature of the Ivy Duo + is that the infusion pump can be placed inside a carrier. This allows patients to receive clinical-grade infusion therapy from a backpack or shoulder bag. The transition to this mode does not disrupt the infusion therapy, ensuring continuous treatment. Together with the ability to plan therapy in advance, the carrier facilitates patient mobility.

Sleep

Research has indicated that sleep loss can result in notable decreases in energy and activity levels, potentially affecting the physical recovery of individuals. Therefore, enhancing sleep quality is particularly important for hospitalized patients, as the alarms produced by infusion pumps often disturb sleep patterns. By focusing on minimizing unnecessary alarms, the Ivy Duo + actively promotes restful sleep.

Portability

Patients can receive clinical-grade infusion therapy from the comfort of a backpack or shoulder bag, facilitating easier mobilization.

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Fewer Disruptions

The automatic removal of air bubbles from the infusion line minimizes the frequent and time-consuming alarms associated with infusion therapy.

Factsheet

Timesaving

The system includes a dual connection for infusion sources and an integrated planning tool, allowing multi-therapy infusion schedules to be automated, reducing the workload for nurses.

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Portability

Rest, physical activity and psychological well-being play a crucial role in the recovery of patients ^[3],[4]. For example, physical activity reduces the incidence, prevalence and mortality of various physical and mental diseases, while inactivity can lead to a decrease in muscle strength and muscle mass. In addition, it leads to a decrease in exercise capacity and deterioration of lung function ^{[5],[6],[7],[8]}. Literature even shows that an increase in physical activity is associated with a shorter hospital stay ^[3],[9]. Therefore, it is very unfortunate that during hospitalization, patients spend 70-87% of their time lying in bed and only 2-6% of their time on physical activities like standing and walking ^{[10],[11],[12],[13],[14]}. The Ivy Duo+ together with its comfortable carrier is innovated to stimulate patients to become more mobile and perform more physical activity. It can be carried around it is carrier with the goal to stimulate physical activity and to improve patients’ recovery.

(3) Kamdar, B. B., Needham, D. M., & Collop, N. A. (2012). Sleep deprivation in critical illness: its role in physical and psychological recovery. Journal of intensive care medicine, 27(2), 97-111.

(4) Elsawy, B., & Higgins, K. E. (2010). Physical activity guidelines for older adults. American family physician, 81(1), 55-59.

(5) Suetta C, Hvid LG, Justesen, Christensen U, Neergaard K, Simonsen L et al. Effects of aging on human skeletal muscle after immobilization and retraining. J. Appl. Physiol. 2009;107(4):1172-80.

(6) Kortebein P, Symons TB, Ferrando A, Paddon-Jones D, Ronsen O, Protas E et al. Functional impact of 10 days of bed rest in healthy older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2008;63(10):1076-81.

(7) Suesada MM, Martins MA, Carvalho CR. Effect of short-term hospitalization on functional capacity in patients not restricted to bed. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2007;86(6):455-62.

(8) Gur-Yaish N, Srulovici E, Admi H. Low mobility during hospitalization and functional decline in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011;59(2):266-73.

(9) Ewald, B. D., Oldmeadow, C., & Attia, J. R. (2017). Daily step count and the need for hospital care in subsequent years in a community‐based sample of older Australians. Medical Journal of Australia.

(10) Bakker, S., Valkenet, K., Emmelot, M., & Drenth, C. (2018). Umc Utrecht in beweging: De implementatie van een multidisciplinair beweegplan in de dagelijkse zorg op de verpleegafdeling geriatrie. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geriatriefysiotherapie, 9, 36-44.

(11) Brown CJ, Redden DT, Flood KL, Allman RM. The underrecognized epidemic of low mobility during hospitalization of older adults. JAGS 2009;57:1660-5.

(12) Pedersen MM, Bodilsen AC, Petersen J, Beyer N, Andersen O, Lawson-Smith L et al. Twenty-four-hour mobility during acute hospitalization in older medical patients. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2013;68(3):331-7.

(13) Ostir GV, Berges IM, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS, Fisher SR, Guralnik JM. Mobility activity and its value as a prognostic indicator of survival in hospitalized older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2013;61(4):551-7.

(14) Villumsen M, Jorgensen MG, Andreasen J, Rathleff MS, Mølgaard CM. Very Low Levels of Physical Activity in Older Patients During Hospitalization at an Acute Geriatric Ward: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Aging Phys Act 2015;23(4):542-9.

Fewer disruptions

The large number of alarms in healthcare facilities leads to the nurses being overworked, distracted, or desensitized by the alarms, also known as alarm fatigue.

Alarm fatigue is identified as a critical safety issue for healthcare professionals as it can lead to potentially dangerous delays in attending to critical alarms and therefore impairs the safety of patients ^[1],[2].With the help of a unique algorithm one of the factors creating many alarms: air-in-line is counteracted to optimize patients’ safety.

The Ivy Duo + works without the use of a drip chamber which also means that it does not need to be in a n upright position continuously meaning that it is resistant to toppling over.

To ensure optimal patient recovery, patients must receive an accurate dose of fluids or medicines. The state-of-the-art pump technology allows just that. We guarantee an accurate and constant flow with the Ivy Duo +.

(1) Glover, K. R., Vitoux, R. R., Schuster, C., & Curtin, C. R. (2018). Types and frequency of infusion pump alarms: protocol for a retrospective data analysis. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(6), e10446. https://doi.org/2196/10446

(2) Vitoux, R. R., Schuster, C., & Glover, K. R. (2018). Perceptions of infusion pump alarms: Insights gained from critical care nurses. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 41(5), 309. https://doi.org/10.1097/NAN.0000000000000295

Timesaving

The variety of alarms from different medical devices has largely increased in the last decades. For a critically ill patient, nurses can even experience up to 45 alarms in one hour ^[1].
The innovative design of the Ivy Duo + prevents some of the infusion pump specific alarms by eliminating their causes.

The Ivy Duo + mitigates one of these alarms, an empty infusion source, by having the ability to automatically switch between infusion sources. This feature allows nurses to plan infusion therapy in advance.

Other timesaving functions are for example that the Ivy Duo + automatically primes the system and that the interface touchscreen is large, intuitive and easy to use.

What do professionals say about the Ivy Duo+?

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"With its pre-programmed schedules, I can leave the administration of intravenous medication to the Ivy Duo + with confidence."

Helga de Bie

Orthopedics nurse

"Infusion poles should be something of the past. I am confident that the Ivy Duo+ will succeed in accomplishing this!"

Bart Verkerke

Professor in design of Biomedical products

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"Ivy's innovation enables possibilites for patients to be more self-supporting"

Jordi Elings

Physiotherapist

"The Ivy Duo+ will start a new era of infusion therapy, increasing accuracy and effectiveness, and most importantly: patient mobility!"

Tjerk Hylkema

AIOS Pulmonology and Tuberculosis

"A much needed innovation which will make hospital operations more convenient and efficient."

Pieter Wichers

Emergency doctor

The Ivy Duo+
Transforming infusion therapy

More steps for patients, fewer sprints for nurses

Planning infusion therapy

7-inch touchscreen

Precise pressure detection

Automatic air bubble removal

Expected to reduce alarms

Mobility

Sleep

Life-changing for both patient and healthcare professionals

Portability

Fewer Disruptions

Timesaving

Portability

Fewer disruptions

Timesaving

What do professionals say about the Ivy Duo+?

"With its pre-programmed schedules, I can leave the administration of intravenous medication to the Ivy Duo + with confidence."

"Infusion poles should be something of the past. I am confident that the Ivy Duo+ will succeed in accomplishing this!"

"Ivy's innovation enables possibilites for patients to be more self-supporting"

"The Ivy Duo+ will start a new era of infusion therapy, increasing accuracy and effectiveness, and most importantly: patient mobility!"

"A much needed innovation which will make hospital operations more convenient and efficient."

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