Infomed FAQ

How to get an Infomed device ?

If you are interested in any Infomed product, please contact us directly. According to your region the right person will take contact with you.

How to get more information about diseases treated with Infomed products ?

Approximately 100 different diseases can be treated using Infomed’s devices. These are for example immune diseases, inflammatory situations, acute or chronic kidney failure. Whenever a pathology is possibly treated by extracorporeal blood purification, Infomed may be able to provide an optimal solution. Don’t hesitate to contact us directly, we will do our best to help to find a therapeutic option.

Where are used the Infomed devices ?

Infomed is present all around the world where trained staff uses our products in more than 300 hospitals with around 1500 machines running regularly.

What is the difference between CRRT and Plasmatherapies ?

CRRT : means continuous renal replacement therapy, so it is used to replace the kidney in case of failure. The CRRT technics are successfully used since 30 years in intensive care units. Continuous technics are by definition applied 24/24 hours as long as necessary.

Plasmatherapies : concern diseases and technics which involve large substances such as inflammatory mediators, LDL-cholesterol or antibodies. Plasmatherapies are usually applied 5 to 10 times during 2-4 hours sessions and performed by Nephrology, Hematology or Intensive Care departments.

How many diseases are treated by Plasmatherapies ?

Plasmatherapies concern more than 80 pathologies.

What is the interest of DFPP (Double Filtration PlasmaPheresis) ?

DFPP is a technic allowing to retain by filtration the larger substances present in the plasma, such as LDL-cholesterol or antibodies. Its interest is that it requests none or very few input of substitution fluids, that it doesn’t lead to specific side effects and that in practice it is cost effective and easy to perform.

Why to use adsorption technics ?

Adsorption technics allows to remove one specific substance from the blood while keeping all the others such as albumin which is essential for the patient’s blood pressure. Adsorption technics are thus the most precise tool in blood purification.