Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Reports on MIT's discovery of a device that may replace injecction-needles

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - We may soon be able to avoid prickly and painful needles to inject medicines -- thanks to discovery by MIT scientists and engineers.   MIT researchers have developed a robust device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without the use of a hypodermic needle.   It appears that the device can be programmed to deliver a range of doses to various depths — an improvement over similar jet-injection systems that are now commercially available.

According to MIT announcement, "The researchers say that among other benefits, the technology may help reduce the potential for needle-stick injuries; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that hospital-based health care workers accidentally prick themselves with needles 385,000 times each year. A needleless device may also help improve compliance among patients who might otherwise avoid the discomfort of regularly injecting themselves with drugs such as insulin" Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

See MIT's announcement: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/needleless-injections-0524.html

See the report in Medical Engineering and Physics Journal for details about the device:  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350453311003249

See the YouTube demonstration and explanation: End of Needles for Injection of Drugs? MIT Discovery