GE backs Injeq ’ s smart needle

Injeq, a resident at GE’s Health Innovation Village in Helsinki, created a smart needle that tells the user about surrounding tissue for safer liver biopsies and lumbar punctures. The Finnish company’s device looks like a standard hypodermic needle, but with an electrode attached to the tip. The needle measures changes in signal caused by contact with surrounding tissue. While a doctor is performing a lumbar puncture, the device will tell the doctor what type of tissue the needle is near and when they approach cerebrospinal fluid. Get the full story at our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing. The post GE backs Injeq’s smart needle appeared first on MassDevice.
Source: Mass Device - Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Tags: Research & Development GE Healthcare Injeq Source Type: news