What if the alarm never needed to sound?
Most IV pump alarms are not true clinical emergencies. They are mechanical interruptions — kinked tubing, upstream occlusions, flow disruptions — that are correctable before escalation occurs.
Alarm fatigue has been recognized as one of the most significant health technology safety hazards in healthcare for over a decade. Clinical alarm safety has been a mandated National Patient Safety Goal since 2014. According to The Joint Commission’s own Sentinel Event Alert, 85–99% of clinical alarms are false, non-actionable, or clinically insignificant.
At the Stevens Institute of Technology Innovation Expo, Team A9 — in collaboration with 123IV, Inc. — unveiled a first-generation prototype of an autonomous IV occlusion mitigation module: a retrofit add-on designed to mechanically detect and correct IV tubing failures before downstream alarm escalation occurs.
No pump replacement. Designed around existing infrastructure.
This technology will address and mitigate all current nuisance IV occlusion alarms.
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