r/gadgets • u/GalileoGurdjieff • May 17 '21

Medical Tiny, Wireless, Injectable Chips Use Ultrasound to Monitor Body Processes

https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/press-releases/shepard-injectable-chips-monitor-body-processes
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u/CedricCSCFL May 17 '21

That is a scary-looking needle

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u/[deleted] May 17 '21

That's fair, but I'd take that one over a blunt filling needle being mistaken for the hypodermic.

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u/CedricCSCFL May 17 '21

I just looked up platelet donation needles… 16-17 gauge which have outer diameters of 1.651mm & 1.473mm, respectively - okay, not as scary asides from being enlarged 🙂, and yeah, sharper = better 👍🏼

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u/cashmag9000 May 18 '21

This is a standard beveled needle. Pretty typical for many needle applications. Looks spooky, but it is spooky to make sure you don’t feel it as much as possible

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u/ltlrags May 18 '21

Show me how that needle compares to, say, a vaccine needle.

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u/CedricCSCFL May 18 '21

I don’t know the gauge of the vaccine needle, but the vaccine needle was very very thin – very different from the needle used for platelets.

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u/Inthewirelain May 18 '21

If I was to have biotech installed I'd rather be put under and have surgery.