Thanks to his "hypospray," Star Trek's Dr. McCoy never had to deal with any dangerous needles. The same could be true for your own doctor, since needle-free jet injectors have been available for more ...

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Getting a shot at the doctor's office may become less painful in the not-too-distant future. MIT researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Microneedles and Needle-Free Injection Systems / Jet Injectors (Devices based on Spring, Gas and Other Mechanisms) Market, 2019-2030" report has been added to ...

Using a tiny needle the size of what a mosquito sticks in you, this new medical breakthrough–straight from Star Trek–blows medicine into your blood without the pain of needles. Even the least ...

Those of us with an aversion to needles can soon go to the doctor with a little less trepidation. That is if a new device developed by a team of MIT researchers becomes available at your local medical ...

The needle and syringe are icons of modern medicine. But a device developed at MIT to squirt medicines quickly and pretty much painlessly through the skin suggests that the future of medicine could be ...

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A futuristic-looking jet injector can shoot this year's flu vaccine into your arm without a needle. Though it may look like something from a sci-fi movie, the PharmaJet Needle-free Jet Injector is ...