When medics are treating trauma patients, every second counts. Yet bruises, burns, and other physical conditions often make it difficult to locate veins and administer lifesaving drugs or solutions.

Everyone who’s donated blood, gotten an intravenous (IV) line put in, or has taken a blood test knows that little bit of anxiety before the needle goes in. Will this be a one stick operation, or will ...

Do you ever avoid giving blood or getting an IV because you're worried about being poked by a doctor or a nurse while they search for a vein? Now there’s a gadget to help; it’s known as a vein viewer.

For routine procedures like blood analysis or for blood donations, a phlebotomist (the person who extracts the patient’s ...

A team of Georgia Institute of Technology researchers is developing an inexpensive, handheld device that could help medical personnel provide faster and more accurate injections. The devices uses ...