No more guesswork, the medic's needles will now be spot on

Aug 5, 2015 10:07 GMT  ·  By

Even if it will not prevent you from cringing when seeing a needle, on the contrary, it will make the relationship needle-your precious veins even clearer, this new medical device will at least help your doctor not miss your veins ever again.

Injections are a very sensitive subject for some people. It's not just the act of pricking your skin, but the very presence of needles and the smell of disinfectant substances that make some grown-ups faint in sheer horror.

However, those people that can find the courage to face the facts and watch the entire injection process can rest assured that the new device developed by Christie Medical Holdings will help their doctors give them injections more safely and quickly.

The VeinViewer, as the device is called, uses near-infrared light to show the veins under your skin with great precision and eliminates the guesswork entirely from the injection process.

Many times, doctors miss their patients' veins, as they can sometimes be buried deep under the skin or fat, so horrible multiple prickings are necessary to put the needle in the right place. With VeinViewer, this will stop.

The device will find the veins, and will then project them on the patient's arm in real time. The special light will be either absorbed by the hemoglobin in the blood or shown back by the skin, while being able to find veins a few centimeters deep. The VeinViewer also features a "fine detail" mode that ups the contrast of the light reflected on the skin to show even more intricate and detailed vein patterns.

This way, VeinViewer will probably not stop people from cringing in horror while being injected, but it will make things safer and clearer for those who treat your illness.