If you have felt pain in past while donating your blood then donating blood in future is going to be painless and easy.
Scientists have invented an infrared light device which makes veins on your body visible.
What does this Infrared light does?
This handheld infrared light device is about to make donating blood lot easier and in emergency cases will be really helpful.
If you have ever donated blood. You would have experienced discomfort of having a nurse struggle to find your vein. If you are anything like me, you are probably used to someone jabbing at your arm for five minutes. Before giving up and moving to the other one because your veins are "difficult to find".
But don't worry, this device is about to make the process a whole lot less painful.
This technology works by beaming harmless near-infrared light at your arm. Our veins contain a lot of de-oxygenated hemoglobin, and because this is absorbed by infrared light. It creates an image of exactly where your veins are under the skin.
Importantly, this device can be used anywhere, including in hospitals and pathology clinics, to make it easier for patients to get blood tests, as well as for generous citizens to donate blood.
The Australian Red Cross is now the first blood bank services in the world to trial this technology, and has already started using it in its Sydney clinics.
Now this technology is being used worldwide. Below is a detailed demonstration video of the device by Dr. Joe Niamtu.
This video is not for faint heart people as it contains some surgical procedures.
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