Abstract: An apparatus has two principal components: a pressure driver, typically a gas filled cartridge, canister, container or the like, that is activated by opening of a membrane, typically a metal foil by puncturing or rupturing, and a holder, that maintains the pressure driver in an air tight chamber. When the cartridge is opened, the pressurized gas exits the cartridge and enters the air tight chamber, causing it to expand. This expansion creates pressure on the portion of the apparatus holding a fluid filled container, and ultimately forces fluid out from the container, typically into tubing, so that the fluid reaches a patient. A simple valving device, typically in a handpiece, and typically proximate the surgical site, can be used at the end of the tubing to regulate the fluid flow into the patient. Systems employing this apparatus are also disclosed, as are method of use for the aforementioned apparatus and systems.