A new prototype device for rapid and safe IV insertion reduces pain in hospitalized children. The semi-automatic handheld device, called SAGIV, identifies veins, inserts a needle and withdraws it in a ...

A vibrating device, used with a cold pack, relieves a child’s pain while emergency department caregivers insert an intravenous catheter, equally as well as the currently used anesthetic, topical ...

Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX, popularly known as BD, recently launched a new, easy-to-use advanced ultrasound device with a specialized probe, BD Prevue II System. The device, which addresses an ...

Students and clinicians in Israel have developed a semi-automatic handheld device for the rapid and safe intravenous (IV) insertion of catheters. Administering fluids to patients through IV catheters ...

BD is launching a specialized ultrasound system designed to help clinicians target the perfect vein for their IV. The company said it aims to help offer patients a “one-stick hospital stay,” with the ...

There is good lot of training and experience which is needed while inserting IV catheters, especially when working with the elderly and young children. In this area, errors happen quite often which ...

Safer, less painful injections Illustration of the variable stiffness P-CARE intravenous needle, whose mechanical properties can be changed by body temperature. (Courtesy: KAIST Bio-Integrated ...