Syringe drivers can be used for electrospinning, electrospraying, microdialysis, microfluidics, dispensing/dilution, tissue perfusion, and fluid circulation.
[2] Syringe drivers are particularly useful in palliative care, to continuously administer analgesics (painkillers), antiemetics (medication to suppress nausea and vomiting) and other drugs.
[2] This prevents periods during which medication levels in the blood are too high or too low, and avoids the use of multiple tablets.
As medication is administered subcutaneously, the area of administration is practically limitless, although edema may interfere with the action of some drugs.
Syringe pumps are useful in microfluidic applications, such as microreactor design and testing, and also in chemistry for slow incorporation of a fixed volume of fluid into a solution.