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New BD™ 5 Bevel Needle - Improving needle point sharpness in prefillable syringes
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Improvement of needle point sharpness and improved injection comfort for patients remain active areas of research. The attached article - reprinted from Medical Device Technology (May 2003) - reports on the new BD™ 5 Bevel Needle for subcutaneous administration with a prefillable syringe.
This article describes the Research and Development methods that were implemented in BD's needle improvement program, as well as the clinical investigations conducted to confirm our findings. The objective of this program was to achieve improved comfort of subcutaneous injections for the patient and ease of use for the caregiver. This was to be gained through improved needle sharpness and increased resistance to damage of the needle point.
The new BD™ 5 Bevel Needle used with prefillable syringes proves to be sharper than a conventional 3 bevel needle and decreases by 25 % the force required to penetrate the patient's skin. BD™ 5 Bevel Needle also demonstrates that the five bevel needle design is more resistant to point damage than the three bevel one.