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JEB FLEMMING, project lead for the ElectroNeedle platform, holds a test version of the device. The prickly parts are in the center of the package. A production version could be even smaller and simpler. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
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August 5, 2005 Two tiny devices recently developed by researchers at the United States National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories could mean the elimination of blood drawing by diabetes patients to test glucose levels or by medical personnel to determine if someone is having a heart attack. Test results would be instantaneous. The two arrays of micron-sized needles operate similarly by penetrating painlessly into the skin. Arranged in varying numbers on a small patch, the needles can measure molecules inside the body, eliminating the need to withdraw blood from a patient.
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