A butterfly needle is a device used to access a vein for drawing blood or giving medications. Some medical professionals call a butterfly needle a “winged infusion set” or a “scalp vein set.” The set ...

Vein size is not something that a person typically thinks about until they have blood drawn for lab work or for a blood donation and — ouch — it hurts. Instead of just pain from the needle poke, pain ...

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health is implementing a needle-free technology to improve the blood-draw experience for patients systemwide. Three things to know: 1. The San Francisco-based startup ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Some patients at Moffitt Cancer Center will no longer have to deal with as many pokes and prods from needles thanks to new technology. Those being treated for cancer in in-patient ...

Velano Vascular, maker of a needle-free blood draw system, has closed a second tranche of new financing with $25 million to put toward its commercialization and launch of additional access products ...

Needle-free devices like TAP and Tasso offer painless blood collection, a benefit for the squeamish. These tests face challenges with sample size and accuracy compared to traditional methods. This ...

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.) announced on July 20 that through its recent acquisition of Velano Vascular it has taken a step forward in transforming the patient experience through a vision of a “One ...

A prolonged stay in a hospital can be taxing even without repeated blood draws to monitor a person’s condition. BD hopes to make that part of the process a little easier, through the acquisition of ...

Not-for-profit healthcare organisation Carilion Clinic is set to provide needle-free blood draws to patients leveraging Becton, Dickinson and Company’s (BD) blood collection device. This initiative to ...