One of the biggest fears that people have when going to receive a flu shot or any other vaccination is the large, sharp needle that seems to be waiting to impale your arm. Injections by needles hurt. This is a fact. Thanks to technology, however, needles are now no longer necessary. This is also another fact. In the future, you may also no longer need go on the annual visit to doctor's office or health clinic either to make sure that you are safe from influenza.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed the flu patch as an alternative to vaccines by needle injection. The flu patch contains the vaccine in a small pouch of the patch. The vaccine is then transferred into the body via fifty microneedles that would barely pierce the skin. As a result, you will only feel a prick on your skin, but the small, fleeting pain is negligible in comparison to that of a needle. All you would need to do is to place the patch above the designated area of the arm, apply pressure to the patch to the skin, and then remove it. The effectiveness of the flu patch is tested to be the same as that of injection by needle.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed the flu patch as an alternative to vaccines by needle injection. The flu patch contains the vaccine in a small pouch of the patch. The vaccine is then transferred into the body via fifty microneedles that would barely pierce the skin. As a result, you will only feel a prick on your skin, but the small, fleeting pain is negligible in comparison to that of a needle. All you would need to do is to place the patch above the designated area of the arm, apply pressure to the patch to the skin, and then remove it. The effectiveness of the flu patch is tested to be the same as that of injection by needle.
This easy method of vaccination will drastically improve how healthcare is provided throughout the world. The easy process of administration allows for self-administration among those who desire the vaccination. This means the vaccination can ordered straight to your home to be used without the assistance of a healthcare professional. With the flu patch, more people will be able to receive vaccination because more people are actually willing to receive the vaccination and because of the patch's ease of use. The costs of vaccination programs will decrease as well because the patch's cost of storage and administration is cheaper than that of the syringe and the vaccine its bottle.
Innovative development in biomedical technology brings an optimistic light to our future. There is not doubt that this technology can be expanded being medical vaccinations. Furthermore, not only will medicine be cheaper and easier to be administered, but it will also be more available to the people. We can imagine that medicine can be more easily distributed to and obtained by those in underdeveloped countries, such as those in Africa, where the prevention and curing of illnesses is not as successful due to the lack of resources, technology, and healthcare professionals.
Innovative development in biomedical technology brings an optimistic light to our future. There is not doubt that this technology can be expanded being medical vaccinations. Furthermore, not only will medicine be cheaper and easier to be administered, but it will also be more available to the people. We can imagine that medicine can be more easily distributed to and obtained by those in underdeveloped countries, such as those in Africa, where the prevention and curing of illnesses is not as successful due to the lack of resources, technology, and healthcare professionals.