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 ...

Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The process takes about two minutes and has a 95% success rate on the first attempt.

Vitestro's blood drawing (phlebotomy ... and ultrasound imaging to deliver a needle exactly where it is needed to draw blood. It automatically carries out the entire procedure, from applying ...

No bueno. One thing that works for me is to distract myself from the blood draw entirely. You can try counting or reciting a repetitive prayer until it is done, keeping your eyes somewhere else.

Hannah Koczka, Vice President of Northwestern Medicine Mansueto Innovation Institute, joins John Landecker to discuss a clinical trial that is working to automate blood collection using a device ...

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is collaborating with Netherlands-based medical robotics company Vitestro to test whether ...