MIT's New Jet Injection

MIT engineers have developed a jet injection that can administer drugs into blood without needing a needle. The device comprises of a magnet surrounded by coils that carry current. When the current flows through the coil, the magnet pushes a piston that drives the drug out through a nozzle as wide as mosquito’s proboscis. The drug can be administered in various quantities and to various depths using this device.

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  • Ramani Aswath
    Ramani Aswath
    Jet injections of the subcutaneous kind have been around for quite a while. If this does it into the blood stream that would be new. It is unclear how the jet zeroes in on the blood stream. May be some ultra sound feed back is used.
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    bioramani
    Jet injections of the subcutaneous kind have been around for quite a while. If this does it into the blood stream that would be new. It is unclear how the jet zeroes in on the blood stream. May be some ultra sound feed back is used.
    They can precisely determine the depth to with the medicine will penetrate. That would however be determined by the type of skin of the patient.
  • Ramani Aswath
    Ramani Aswath
    The issue is with drugs requiring an intravenous administration. Otherwise no complications.
  • zaveri
    zaveri
    can this be used for injecting more than one type of drug ?

    what would the service life of this jet be ?

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