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Saturday, January 21, 2012

New Device May Collect Blood Painlessly.

The Boston Globe Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (1/3, Pierce) reports on "TAP, for Touch Activated Phlebotomy," a new, portable device by Seventh Sense that "adheres to skin" and uses "16 tiny needles" to penetrate skin in order "to collect blood." The device "is designed to be painless and compact" and "will be tested in hospitals in March. ... TAP collects more blood than a finger stick and less than a typical needle -- but enough to perform a range of diagnostic tests, from routine kidney function to infectious diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis."

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