Case Study: Avancen achieves faster, more secure patient-controlled oral pain medication delivery with Digi International's RCM6600W

Avancen Transforms Delivery of Oral Pain Medications With Digi System on Module

Avancen is a healthcare startup that developed MOD®, the first FDA‑approved patient‑controlled analgesia device for oral medications, to address delays and staffing burdens in hospitals where nurses spend large portions of their shifts delivering PRN pain pills. The challenge was to give patients secure, on‑demand access to prescribed oral pain meds while reducing wait times, anxiety, and the workload on nursing staff.

Avancen solved this by integrating Digi’s RCM6600W MiniCore Wi‑Fi system‑on‑module to provide compact processing, secure wireless connectivity, RFID patient ID, and peripheral control. The result is a deployed MOD® that enables more frequent, smaller dosing to smooth medication peaks and valleys, improves patient satisfaction and recovery, reduces nurse interruptions, and has benefited from Digi’s hands‑on support to resolve hospital Wi‑Fi integration issues.

Avancen

Ned Buffington

Chief Executive Officer