Pain Management

Healthcare company introduces topical system to reduce needlestick pain

Published in Biotech Business Week, March 7th, 2005

B. Braun announced the availability of the LidoSite Topical System, a method to help reduce needlestick pain associated with procedures such as intravenous cannulation, venipuncture, or laser ablation of superficial skin lesions for patients age five and up.

The LidoSite Topical System, composed of the LidoSite Patch (Lidocaine HCl/Epinephrine Topical Iontophoretic Patch) 10%/0.1% and the LidoSite Controller, provides pain reduction equivalent to a Lidocaine injection without the needlestick.

Unlike the topical anesthetic creams typically used in today's healthcare settings to address needlestick pain, the LidoSite System delivers numbing medication...

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