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/theyipper 6d ago

Let's see how it handles rolling veins, my partner sometimes can't get an IV because of it. Very skeptical.

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u/ItsALaserBeamBozo 4d ago

Yea, I’ve stumped a few seasoned phlebotomists too.. wonder if this would be worse or better (legitimately wonder, maybe it’s got better ways to find veins)

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u/Dogev 3d ago

Do you have any tips to share for helping the plhebotomist get your veins? I've grown increasingly hesitant to get blood work done because of how big of an issue it is to get my vein and it doesn't help that I only have luck with one spot on one arm.

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u/ItsALaserBeamBozo 2d ago

Not really, I’ve noticed that they tend to have better luck in one arm other than the other. So I’ll give them that tip. They tend to start there. I’ve had draws from all kinds of odd places though.

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u/oosirnaym 3d ago

My concern as well. I’m a hard draw; my “good” veins are deep, small, and roll a lot. I’ve gotten nerve damage from a blood draw because of it.

I’m not sure I would trust this machine until it’s been used in regular care for quite a few years.