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  2. Hypodermic needle - Wikipedia

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    Wood used hypodermic needles and syringes primarily for the application of localized, subcutaneous injection (localized anesthesia) and therefore was not as interested in precise dosages. [8] Simultaneous to Wood's work in Edinburgh, Charles Pravaz of Lyon also experimented with sub-dermal injections in sheep using a syringe of his own design ...

  3. Francis Rynd - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of Rynd's hypodermic needle shown at F of Fig. 1. In a 12 March 1845 article in the Dublin Medical Press, Rynd outlined how he had injected painkillers into a patient with a hypodermic syringe in on 3 June 1844: [6] [7]

  4. Charles Pravaz - Wikipedia

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    Measuring 3 cm (1.18 in) long and 5 mm (0.2 in) in diameter, his syringe was entirely in silver, [2] made by Établissements Charrière, and operated by a screw (rather than the plunger familiar today) to control the amount of substance injected. The Scottish doctor Alexander Wood invented the syringe as used today - also in 1853. Wood's device ...

  5. Jet injector - Wikipedia

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    A Med-E-Jet vaccination gun from 1980. A jet injector, also known as a jet gun injector, air gun, or pneumatic injector, is a medical instrument that uses a high-pressure jet of liquid medication to penetrate the skin and deliver medication under the skin without a needle.

  6. Syringe - Wikipedia

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    1650: Blaise Pascal invented a syringe (not necessarily hypodermic) as an application of what is now called Pascal's law. 1844: Irish physician Francis Rynd invented the hollow needle and used it to make the first recorded subcutaneous injections, specifically a sedative to treat neuralgia.

  7. Needle length for vaccines should vary based on weight. You ...

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    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is recommended that women over 200 pounds and men over 260 pounds get shots administered using a 1.5-inch needle, while the needle ...

  8. Injection (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A syringe being prepared for injection of medication. An injection (often and usually referred to as a "shot" in US English, a "jab" in UK English, or a "jag" in Scottish English and Scots) is the act of administering a liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hypodermic needle) and a syringe. [1]

  9. Injector pen - Wikipedia

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    Historically, pen needles were manufactured in lengths up to 12.7mm. Over time, pen needles designed for insulin pens have become shorter, and a 4mm long needle is considered sufficient for most people to administer subcutaneously correctly. [23] In 1989, an injector pen form of human growth hormone was licensed in New Zealand. [28]