Scientists have developed an automatic innovative injection needle
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Innovative needle will avoid mistakes when injections into the vein, and hence - repeated injections.
About a third of all intravenous injections end in that the needle pierces the vessel through and the administration of the medicine becomes impossible. We have to make one more attempt.
The problem can be solved with a system that automatically determines the entry of the point into the blood vessel and prevents its further movement. It was developed by British specialists from the University of Nottingham Trent and the company Olberon Medical Innovations.
The head of the project, Amin al-Habibi, said that when piercing the vessel wall, increasing the pressure shifts the jumper in the syringe, which activates the spring mechanism. He pushes the needle back. The needle is placed in a special plastic tube (cannula), which expands the walls of the vessel and allows you to quickly enter the drug directly into the bloodstream.
As the inventors say, working with a new needle is not at all more difficult than with an ordinary needle. Yes, and its value should, as it were, stay at the same level.
Earlier this year, Olberon Medical Innovations introduced a syringe that anesthesizes the injection site before injecting the needle.
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