VACCINATIONS without needle. Messina will be the first city in Europe “needle free” in the administration of anti Covid vaccines. From tomorrow a new device will be available, the Confort-In medical device, already used for diabetics, patients with ALS, biopsies and aesthetic interventions, which will allow the dose to be inoculated with a high-speed jet that completely replaces the use of the needle. , therefore the traditional puncture, and guarantees total absorption of the vaccine intramuscularly.
It is the result of an agreement between the Covid emergency commissioner in Messina and Gamastech, a company from Catania that is the exclusive agent in Europe for its marketing. The ‘Confort-In’ was born in Korea, where it is still produced, but has been ‘perfected’ by the Sicilian company, in collaboration with the Cnr polymers and composites of Catania, and has already received requests for anti Covid vaccinations also from other regions .
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“The ‘Comfort-in’ medical device, CE certified – explains Gamastech CEO Arturo Maravigna – is designed for subcutaneous or intramuscular administration of medicinal substances. The simplicity and absolute safety make it ideal for all types. of infusion with important benefits for the patient, especially for those suffering from agophobia “. “The ‘device’ – he adds – uses the ‘nozzle’: a syringe without a needle, sterile and disposable, capable of injecting the vaccine into the arm through a micro hole that projects the drug into the body in less than 100 milliseconds. A record time if yes think that a Formula One driver has reactions in 170 milliseconds and man generally in 220 milliseconds “. In addition to the speed and the absence of pain, there is also another advantage, according to Maravigna: “the immediate dispersion of the vaccine which is distributed in billions of ‘droplets’, improving its absorption”. The production cost is higher than a traditional syringe, but, Maravigna observes, there are indirect savings, such as time and personnel, no risk of compensation for accidental punishment and you avoid paying for the disposal of ‘sharp and stinging’.
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“The technology – explains the Commissioner for the Covid emergency of Messina, Alberto Firenze – is already used in the USA, Australia and India and guarantees total absorption of the vaccine intramuscularly. The ‘device’ uses the ‘nozzle’ capable of inject the vaccine into the arm, without the use of a needle, through a 0.15 mm micro hole. People with agophobia will finally be able to get vaccinated “. The initiative, which adds to and does not replace the classic administration of vaccines with syringe and needle, will be officially presented tomorrow morning in the Messina Fair Hub.
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