Vein Viewing Projector

Description

Trade Name: Vein Viewer®

Company Name: Christie Medical

Integrated Design systems designed this award winning medical product for Luminetx (now Christie Medical) in 2006. We were awarded ID Magazine’s very prestigious 2007 Certificate of Excellence award for this highly innovative design.

The VeinViewer afford s medical professionals a quick and convenient look at a patient's vasculature. A near-infrared LED (light emitting diode) source differentiates red blood cells of subcutaneous veins from surrounding tissues and arteries. Using a detector and a computer, the VeinViewer then digitizes received near-infrared light, produces an image, and projects real-time images of their locations back onto the surface of the skin of the patient. The low intensity near-infrared LED light source is safe to use, causes no harm to tissues, and is accurate regardless of a patient's age, size, or ethnicity.