Successful manufacture of automated patient blood sampling robot

Scientists from Rutgers University (USA) have just announced the successful manufacture of automatic blood sampling robots that can do this job better than health workers.

This robot has been the first clinical trial in humans, it frees up time for nurses and doctors to focus on treating patients. The new robot can find a patient's vein through an ultrasound image, insert a needle into the vein and then draw blood. The robot also includes a blood analysis function based on a centrifuge.

New medical robots can draw blood more fluently than medics can.

The results of the trial published in Technology magazine show that the robot has an "overall success rate of 87% for 31 patients taking the test. With 25 people with easy-to-access blood vessels, the success rate is 97% ".

Previous studies have shown that medical staff perform blood collection procedures with a success rate of 73% in patients without apparent veins, 60% in non-palpable patients. vascular and 40% in thin, pancreatic patients.

Lead author Josh ERICheimer, who is a graduate student at Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Technology, said: "Robots can help doctors get blood samples quickly, safely and reliably, preventing complications. and unnecessary pain in patients because of repeated needle sticking. "

In the future, Rutgers University said, the device could also be used for other common medical operations such as intravenous catheters and dialysis.

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