Several health systems across the US are gearing up to try a new way of drawing blood: using a robot.Health systems have agreed to be part of a clinical trial of a device that automates blood ...

Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The process takes about two minutes and has a 95% success rate on the first attempt.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is collaborating with Netherlands-based medical robotics company Vitestro to test whether ...

Northwestern Medicine will be part of a multiyear, multicenter clinical trial to validate the performance and safety of the ...

Most blood draws occur through the median antecubital vein, located in the inner elbow region. It is usually the easiest and least painful during the time of the draw. The use of such veins or ...

The cephalic vein is located along the ... it is considered safe to remove a blood sample equivalent to 1% of the total body weight at each draw. Stressed bats may require chemical restraint ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The VeinViewer uses a type of infrared light from an LED to make veins visible, meaning that pracitioners don't have to poke extra holes in your skin searching for ...

Vitestro's blood drawing (phlebotomy ... to prior research can have a failure rate of 27% in people without visible veins and up to 60% in challenging patients, such as those who are emaciated.

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