Autonomous phlebotomy device stands at the precipice of new era for medical robotics

Innovators at medical robotics company Vitestro (Utrecht, the Netherlands) unveiled a cutting-edge autonomous phlebotomy device at the 2022 annual meeting of the Netherlands Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (NVKC) in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that one of the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry is the mounting shortage of a skilled workforce. The demand for automation of labor-intensive medical procedures has consequentially become a key focus of interest for medical device companies. The device integrates AI and ultrasound imaging with robotic needle insertion to allow almost complete automation of the...