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Fear of needles could become a thing of the past.
September 8th, 2004
A painkilling device approved recently by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could offer relief to children and adults who hate the sharp stab of pain that comes with needles and IVs. The medical device, called SonoPrep, uses an ultrasonic method created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers to make skin temporarily more permeable. A painless 15-second treatment by the new device, followed by an application of lidocaine cream, will anesthetize the skin in 5 minutes. By itself, lidocaine takes 1 hour to work. Because the method is simple and painless, and speeds up the action of lidocaine - a topical anesthetic commonly...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-09-08)
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