MIT's New Jet Injection

@thebigk • Oct 17, 2024

Oct 17, 2024

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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 mosquitoâs proboscis. The drug can be administered in various quantities and to various depths using this device.

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • May 23, 2012

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.

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • May 23, 2012

bioramaniJet 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.

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • May 23, 2012

The issue is with drugs requiring an intravenous administration. Otherwise no complications.

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zaveri

@zaveri-5TD6Sk • Jun 10, 2012

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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