Now, researchers led by a team from Rutgers, report on the first human clinical trial that evaluated the ability of an automated robot, equipped with an ultrasound probe, to find a vein and draw ...

“But you’re holding the probe in one hand and looking at the screen ... the robot through a small clinical trial of 31 volunteers. The robot was as good at inserting a needle and drawing blood as a ...

Now, researchers led by a team from Rutgers, report on the first human clinical trial that evaluated the ability of an automated robot, equipped with an ultrasound probe, to find a vein and draw ...

Several health systems across the US are gearing up to try a new way of drawing blood: using a robot. Health systems ... and an AI-driven doppler ultrasound probe on a robotic arm helps select ...

Several health systems across the U.S. — including Northwestern Medicine — are gearing up to try a new way of drawing blood: using a robot ... doppler ultrasound probe on a robotic arm ...

The practice of drawing blood has changed very little over the decades. It looks about the same now as it did 50 years ago. That process, however, may be about to get a modern makeover.

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.