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St. Andrews Scientists Develop Light Syringe

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2008-11-25 00:50:13 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
...syringe, which is able to deliver genes, drugs and other insoluble compounds into precise points of a target cell. Previously laser focusing issues made such a device impossible, however, the new design does not require focusing In the words of Dr. Frank Gunn-Moore The new form of laser has the ability to target any part of a cell without the...
 
Tags: light syringe, power, target cell, andrews, cell, wave power generator, viable energy source, gunn-moore, target
 
 
 
 
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Medidome Syringe Aims for Veins with Kid-Friendly Design [Injection]

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2008-06-02 07:59:00 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
...syringe before, but this new design reinvents the device in a kid-friendly package. Designed by Christopher Holden , a student at Northumbria University in the UK, MediDome combines drug and needle in a stick-on blister, designed for a single use only. So it reduces the risk of needle-stick injury, and looks much friendlier to kids. You...
 
Tags: medidome combines drug, drug, needle, needle-stick injury, stick-on blister, northumbria university, hypodermic syringe, alert system, built-in tamper
 
 
 
 
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Beer syringe takes only two seconds for you drink 24 ounces

2008-06-11 09:05:25 by Editor in Gizmodiva.com
 
This beer syringe from Bierstick is made from FDA approved materials and has a mouth piece instead of needle. This friction-fit mouthpiece that enables easy filling and cleaning without causing a mess. The best part you can drink up
 
Tags: beer syringe, enables easy, mouth piece, drink, friction-fit mouthpiece, needle, materials, bierstick, fda
 
 
 
 
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RFID for Safer CT Contrast Agent Delivery

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2008-07-30 20:30:28 by Michael in Medgadget
...syringe, and a communication system that writes dosing information into the chip during fill-ups From the press release: The RFID-enabled system creates an intelligent interface between the contrast media syringe and the power injector that helps radiology technologists to better ensure that each patient receives the prescribed concentration...
 
Tags: contrast, helps reduce, reduce, contrast media syringes, system helps reduce, rfid, injection syringe, injection, syringe
 
 
 
 
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Confidisc Makes Hypodermic Injections Easier

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2007-11-01 07:57:00 by Steve in Strange New Products
...syringe, blocking one's view of the needle. The manufacturer says that this reduces the pain perception associated with self-administered injections It was created by a diabetic named Chris Hillios who had faced fears of injecting himself with insulin. By focusing on the disk rather than the needle, he claims it makes self-administered...
 
Tags: confidisc, disk, plastic disk, syringe, disk forces, hypodermic syringe, needle, pain perception, injections
 
 
 
 
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MediDome Drug Injector Is Designed with Patient in Mind

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2008-05-31 01:31:28 by Michael in Medgadget
...syringe. His little design project called MediDome has been getting accolades from RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragements of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), and is now being patented by his school, Northumbria University in Newcastle RSA explains how the device works: Christopher's project, 'MediDome', redesigns the needle and syringe....
 
Tags: medidome, drug, medidome returns, absorption medidome, companion product, project page, drug system, injection removes, injection
 
 
 
 
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Blood Pen: Mechanical Quill Writes in Plasma

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2008-01-14 06:51:01 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...syringe to draw blood and then attempt to write with it The trouble is, the mechanism which squeezes the syringe is a little jerky and results in gobbets of claret squirting disturbingly onto the page (I warned you it was icky). For those of you who might want to see it in the flesh , the Blood Pen will be on show amongst the ironic mullets...
 
Tags: blood, draw blood, fashion conference bread, artist bob partington, bob partington designs, syringe, kdu, icky, ironic mullets
 
 
 
 
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Blood-Pen Brings New Terror to the Phrase "Write This Out 1000 Times" [Blood Pen]

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2008-01-14 05:09:11 by Editor in Gizmodo
...syringe full of your latest victim's blood for ink. Seeing it in action goes from "eeek" to "I think I'm going to faint There's something creepily fascinating about this pen: maybe its the jaunty feather attached at the end, or those plastic mechanics squeezing blood out of the syringe onto the nib. Maybe it's the same fascination you...
 
Tags: blood, flesh-and-blood traditions, syringe, beautiful fountain, jaunty feather, bob partington, buffy-ish twist, plastic mechanics, car crash
 
 
 
 
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Some Worrying News for Clinical RFID Industry

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2008-06-27 08:06:40 by Michael in Medgadget
...syringe pumps, dialysis devices, defibrillators, monitors and anesthesia devices. Incidents of EMI were classified according to a critical care adverse events scale as hazardous, significant, or light All 41 medical devices were submitted to 3 EMI tests resulting in 123 EMI tests. A total of 34 EMI incidents were found; 22 were classified as...
 
Tags: hazardous incidents, incidents, rfid, devices, anesthesia devices, emi tests, tests, electromagnetic interference, emi