Sekisui Chemical, Two Others Develop Centrifugation-free Vacuum Blood Drawing Tube
Sekisui Chemical, Nitto Boseki, and I-DESIGN have jointly developed Tube 21-S, a plastic vacuum blood drawing tube. Scheduled to be released in August by Nitto Boseki, the product is the world's first blood drawing tube that has required no centrifugation. Incorporating a specially developed hemocyte percolating filter, the tube can drastically reduce the time required for blood drawing and testing from 15-40 minutes to only 2 minutes. [click link for full article] (Source: Medical Devices News From Medical News Today)
Pa. college machine dispenses 'morning-after' pill
Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain the morning-after pill from an unusual source — a vending machine at the campus health ce ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
