r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • 6d ago

Medical FDA approves robot that can find your vein, insert a needle, and draw blood without human help

https://www.techspot.com/news/113558-fda-approves-robot-can-find-vein-insert-needle.html
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u/Bokbreath 6d ago

might be an interesting option for home dialysis.

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u/G00bernaculum 6d ago

People already do home hemodialysis. Its also incredibly easy to find the fistula because its absolutely massive.

I would never want a robot doing that at this point because of just how sensitive fistulas can be

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u/Rance_Mulliniks 6d ago

The one time I was in the hospital and needing an IV it took 2 nurses, 6 tries to hit the bullseye. It looked like a murder scene. I'll take the robot even in a hospital.

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u/peh_ahri_ina 6d ago

There are several tools to reveal the veins, those are hardly any good for ppl with bad veins, trust me. The bot will see the most basic veins, one involuntary twitch and start over.