Healio

No difference in pain reported with smaller-gauge intravitreal injection needle

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Patients who received intravitreal injections experienced no less pain with a slightly smaller ...
Healio

Needle size determined clinically significant pain in Botox facial injections

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was a greater incidence of clinically significant pain with Botox facial injections using 30-gauge needles ...
Morning Call PA

Bigger bottoms mean longer needles ** The expanding human rear-end has changed methods of giving injections.

They may have pleased rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot — “I like big butts and I cannot lie …” — but overly ample derrieres pose a quandary for doctors. It seems the standard hypodermic needle often falls short ...
The Verge

Scientists developing lasers to replace needles for ‘completely pain-free’ injections

Scientists in South Korea are developing needle-free injection technology with the help of laser-powered jet streams. Scientists in South Korea are developing needle-free injection technology with the ...
Nature

A Micro-Injection Needle

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 shown ...