Sunday, July 31, 2011
This is going to be fascinating news for those of you out there with trypanophobia--fear of hypodermic needles. Pantech Biosolutions has just been given approval for its painless drug delivery system that uses frickin' laser beams.
Painless alternatives to the traditional needle have been pursued for years, including all sorts of notions like frozen needle tips and micro-needle drug "patches." But this new solution uses an approach that the company says has "dramatically increased drug transport" powers compared to "competitive technologies." Instead of piercing your skin with tubes of metal, Pantech's device, known as PLEASE (Painless Laser Epidermal System), blazes a bunch of tiny holes in your skin using a powerful laser beam.
Painless alternatives to the traditional needle have been pursued for years, including all sorts of notions like frozen needle tips and micro-needle drug "patches." But this new solution uses an approach that the company says has "dramatically increased drug transport" powers compared to "competitive technologies." Instead of piercing your skin with tubes of metal, Pantech's device, known as PLEASE (Painless Laser Epidermal System), blazes a bunch of tiny holes in your skin using a powerful laser beam.
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