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Mosquito Inspired Needle Takes Away The Pain Of Vaccinations
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By Jonathan Kimak The prospect of going to the doctor to get vaccination shots can be a total nightmare for kids and even adults. Some of that fear of needles can be attributed more to the intimidating size of the needle than the actual injection. Now a new needle has eliminated the size and the sting. This microneedle, being designed at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Tokai University of Japan was created to emulate a mosquito. The needle is only 60 microns in diameter(compared to a regular needle’s 900 micron diameter) and draws blood via a micro-electro-mechanical based suction system that emulates the method mosquitos use to suck out your blood and make you claw at your skin hoping for the pain to go away.
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