A robot could eventually conduct your blood draw at the doctor's office

The FDA has approved the first-of-its-kind automated device for outpatient settings.

FDA approves robot that can find your vein, insert a needle, and draw blood without human help

Called Aletta, the robot begins the process by instructing the adult patient on how to position their arm. Once in the ...

FDA authorizes robotic blood draw device: ‘First-of-its-kind’

A first-of-its-kind robotic device can now autonomously draw blood from patients, following authorization from the FDA. Here’s how it works.
Fierce Biotech

Meet Aletta: The first FDA approved robotic blood draw device

The FDA has approved Vitestro’s Aletta as the first standalone robotic device in the U.S. designed to draw blood without the need for hands-on human help.  | The FDA has approved Vitestro’s Aletta as ...
Medical Xpress

Would you let a robot draw your blood? Northwestern among health systems trying new device

The practice of drawing blood has changed very little over the decades. It looks about the same now as it did 50 years ago. That process, however, may be about to get a modern makeover. Several health ...
MD&M East

Win, Lose or Draw – Has Robotic Phlebotomy Finally Arrived?

While many other areas in the practice of medicine have been augmented by increasingly sophisticated technology, phlebotomy – the practice of drawing blood for laboratory analysis – has remained ...