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  • Rutgers

    Blood-drawing robot is supposedly more accurate than humans

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    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    02.10.2020

    The only thing worse than getting a needle is getting two (or more) when the first jab attempt fails. Now, researchers from Rutgers and Mount Sinai Hospital have developed a robot that can see under your skin and supposedly do the job better than humans. That could one day help reduce problems like infections and thrombosis when attempting to start an IV line, for example.