I was very glad to see this news because even though I had shots from hospitals many times until now, I'm still not so comfortable with getting injections. I'm not afraid of it or anything but still, seeing the long needle going into your skin and the following sting does not make it a pleasant experience. I think many people also feel something similar to what I feel. :b
source)http://www.consumernews.co.kr/news/view.html?gid=main&bid=news&pid=251483
This is the picture of the shot.
The body of this newly invented shot is divided at the middle by a rubber film: The upper part is filled with water and the down part with liquid medicine.
For use, laser is beamed on the upper part and there bubbling and popping takes place. This causes a sudden pressure rise -ten thousand times higher than the atmospheric pressure- which leads to pushing the rubber film, and the liquid medicine is shot out through the nozzle.
The medicine is shot at the speed of 100~200m/s - too fast for the patient to feel any pain.
With this new 'shot' what many children and people who didn't like getting injections have imagined and wished for, would actually come true.
- Getting shots without any pain!
When this new 'shot' is deployed on a commercial scale later on, patients would not have to feel uncomfortable about getting injections anymore. There would be far less crying of little children at pediatric hospitals. Good news for children, their parents, and doctors ALL :)
This invention should have come out much earlier... not when I got so used to getting shots. Anyway, if used widely, there would be far less crying for children and it would make them so much easier to go to hospitals. Even adults who are not comfortable with needles will be more wiling to go ;)
ReplyDeleteMost people don't like to have an injection. A sharp needle makes people scared. And it brings us some pain. Most children usually cry when they have injections. Because of this injection without needle, all of them will feel relaxed and don't have to worry about injection. It will be a welcome technology to us.
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