A new device from Echo Therapeutics promises to speed up the effects of Lidocaine, a topical anesthetic, so shots, IVs, and other medical procedures will be less painful. It's inching towards Fda approval.
What if you could somehow inject drugs without a needle? A company called Echo Therapeutics has been working on this very problem, and took a small step forward yesterday when it received comments from the Fda. It anticipates approval in time to launch its product, called "Prelude," later this year.
For the time being, Echo is focusing on the problem of speeding up the effects of Lidocaine, a common topical numbing agent. Echo claims to have demonstrated that its device drastically shortens the time it takes for topical 4% lidocaine cream to produce its numbing effects, from about an hour on untreated skin to just a few minutes on Prelude-treated skin.
The Prelude device sits on the skin,...
What if you could somehow inject drugs without a needle? A company called Echo Therapeutics has been working on this very problem, and took a small step forward yesterday when it received comments from the Fda. It anticipates approval in time to launch its product, called "Prelude," later this year.
For the time being, Echo is focusing on the problem of speeding up the effects of Lidocaine, a common topical numbing agent. Echo claims to have demonstrated that its device drastically shortens the time it takes for topical 4% lidocaine cream to produce its numbing effects, from about an hour on untreated skin to just a few minutes on Prelude-treated skin.
The Prelude device sits on the skin,...
- 2/9/2011
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
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