IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCUVEIN TRANSILLUMINATING DEVICE

Implementation of AccuVein Transilluminating Device



Executive Summary

AccuVein AV300 is a handheld device which is easy to operate and can be used even in military battlefield or ambulances. In 2007, AccuVein, invented this vein illuminator which literally makes the veins visible. As the human blood absorbs infrared light, blood vessels becomes visible. The nurse or medical practitioner paints the surface area of skin with red paint, after using the illuminator, which makes it easier to draw blood out of the vessels for the purpose of testing or for inserting an IV. It enables the medical practitioners to view a map on the patient's skin, which will help them in locating the veins. Moreover, it will also give caregivers a helping hand in performing their common and persistent medical procedure the venipuncture. Currently, AccuVein is used in more than 750 hospitals across the United States, and is also available for sales in 63 countries, which is self-explanatory about the product's success. AccuVein is very economical as compared to other healthcare devices; it only costs around $4,500, which will eventually reduce the costs as specialists would not be required to insert catheters into those patients whose veins are hard to locate. Even if AccuVein prevents only one specialist procedure per week, the hospital would recover the cost of implementing the device in only few months. It can be beneficial for doing venipuncture in those patients who are elderly, dark skinned (having barely visible veins), obese patients (with palpable or partially invisible veins), patients who have gone through a number of intravenous procedures, patients who are burned or are agitated, patients having chemotherapy and for drug abusers as well. Moreover, it will also facilitate a lab in complying with the set standards of Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI).

Implementation of AccuVein Transilluminating Device

Introduction

The technology of AccuVein has a simple concept behind it: Using infrared light to illuminate the blood vessels. Since, everyone knows how painful it becomes when one goes for a blood test and the nurse or medical professional cannot find the vein, AccuVein was eager to reduce these painful jabs. In 2007, AccuVein, invented this vein illuminator which literally makes the veins visible. As the human blood absorbs infrared light, blood vessels becomes visible. The nurse or medical practitioner paints the surface area of skin with red paint, after using the illuminator, which makes it easier to draw blood out of the vessels for the purpose of testing or for inserting an IV. AccuVein AV300 is a handheld device which is easy to operate and can be used even in military battlefield or ambulances.

The device initially faced a controversy when another company namely, Lumintex claimed that AccuVein copied its product; however, the latter device was comparatively bigger and was a standing unit. Goldman, the founder and CEO of AccuVein settled the issue with Lumintex without revealing the details of the settlement, just saying that his product has a permanent license to market its ...