Category: needle

Blood-drawing robot is supposedly more accurate than humans

Post author By Randall
Post date February 10, 2020
Categories In blood drawing, blood samples, gear, medicine, needle, Robots, Tech, ultrasound, veins, venipuncture

[ad_1] It’s relatively easy to draw blood from a patient with easy-to-access veins, but much harder for patients without visible or palpable veins, and particularly with emaciated patients. In those cases, staff might have to resort to using an ultrasound machine to see veins more clearly. The blood-sampling robot just skips straight to that step, […]

Syringe ‘watch’ puts a life-saving allergy shot on your wrist

Post author By Randall
Post date April 19, 2019
Categories In allergies, allergy, epinephrine, gear, health, injection, medicine, needle, rice university, Science, Tech, Video, Wearables

[ad_1] The team is keenly aware of safety concerns. The three-piece folding design makes it effectively impossible to trigger the needle by accident, and there are plans for a case that would prevent the button from touching anything until the shot is necessary. EpiWear is still very young, to the point where it’s made of […]