An curved arrow pointing right. The VeinViewer uses a type of infrared light from an LED to make veins visible, meaning that pracitioners don't have to poke extra holes in your skin searching for ...

Here’s how it works: The patient sits in a chair by the five-foot-tall (about 1.5m) device, which is called Aletta, and ...

CHICAGO — The practice of drawing blood has changed very ... to make the blood draw easier. The Aletta then uses an infrared light to locate the veins. The device sprays the patient’s arm ...

Several health systems across the US are gearing up to try a new way of drawing blood: using a robot.Health systems have agreed to be part of a clinical trial of a device that automates blood ...

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is collaborating with Netherlands-based medical robotics company Vitestro to test whether automated blood draw devices can be a scalable solution for U.S. hospitals ...

CHICAGO — The practice of drawing blood has changed very ... to make the blood draw easier. The Aletta then uses an infrared light to locate the veins. The device sprays the patient’s arm ...

Vitestro's blood drawing (phlebotomy ... to prior research can have a failure rate of 27% in people without visible veins and up to 60% in challenging patients, such as those who are emaciated.

The practice of drawing blood has changed very ... to make the blood draw easier. The Aletta then uses an infrared light to locate the veins. The device sprays the patient’s arm with alcohol ...

The Aletta device has a 95% success rate when it comes to drawing usable blood on the first attempt, according to the company ...