MICRO-PIPETTES are blunt by their very physical nature. A micro-injection needle would be a more appropriate instrument for penetrating and injecting small biological specimens. Such a needle is ...

Researchers in the US have been trialling a flu skin patch which could be used as an alternative to traditional needle injections in the future. The patch uses pain-free microneedles which ...

High viscosity solutions, however, pose new challenges both at the technical level—for example, with respect to needle size and the force needed to administer the injection—and at the patient ...

Used sharps, including hypodermic needles for medical injections, require safe storage in an FDA-cleared container made of puncture-resistant, leak-proof plastic. If thrown in the trash, used needles ...

Needles are a nightmare for many, and frequent injections are even more daunting for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes. But there's hope for needle-free, painless drug delivery ...

But he changed his mind as the research progressed. “The vaccine injection and other medical techniques using needles have not changed drastically over the decades,” he said. “A device free ...

It’s not uncommon for someone to bring back hundreds or even thousands of needles to the Church of Safe Injection office at one time. Brokos said that’s part of the difficulty of giving an ...