{"title":"Needles: a comparison study.","authors":"Gerhard Mayer, Volker Knappertz, Peter Kinast","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For patients with a chronic condition such as multiple sclerosis (MS) who self-administer injectable therapies, comfort is important. This article reports on a comparison study of needles used to administer MS therapies and calls for medical device manufacturers to develop needles with decreased penetration forces to minimise trauma, which may increase patient comfort.</p>","PeriodicalId":80066,"journal":{"name":"Medical device technology","volume":"20 7","pages":"30, 32-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Medical device technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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For patients with a chronic condition such as multiple sclerosis (MS) who self-administer injectable therapies, comfort is important. This article reports on a comparison study of needles used to administer MS therapies and calls for medical device manufacturers to develop needles with decreased penetration forces to minimise trauma, which may increase patient comfort.