D O N ’T S TICK

IN VAIN.
S T IC K I N V E IN.

Whether due to age, skin tone or condition, VeinViewer by LuminetxTM uses unique,
veins can be significantly difficult to locate and patented technologies to identify and locate
access in many patients. subcutaneous veins and project their location
directly onto the surface of the skin.

“VeinViewer helps us to avoid multiple sticks.”

- Richard A. Baum, MD, Chief of Interventional Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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ENLIGHTENED PROCEDURES VISIBLE RESULTS

Would your vascular procedures be more “We use the VeinViewer for a million differ-
efficient and less stressful if clinicians never ent things from IVs to PICC lines. We are
had to guess about the location of veins? expanding its use into pediatrics because
children and babies have very small veins.”
Consider the pain and - Richard A. Baum, MD
discomfort that is docu- Chief of Interventional Radiology
mented to be associated Brigham and Women’s Hospital
with multiple attempts
at venipuncture. Further,
consider the resource “The VeinViewer will become a ‘have to have’
impact of delayed and not only because it makes veins easier to
unsuccessful procedures. see, but also because of its marketing fea-
ture. Patients will want to go to the doctor
Now consider the value with the most up-to-date technology.”
of a system that allows - Michael Nerney, MD, FACS
you to clearly see acces- Diagnostic Clinic, Largo, Florida

“With VeinViewer, sible vasculature (or the

patients never lack thereof) in real time, STUDIES AND STATISTICS
need to feel like directly on the surface of “VeinViewer allowed us to find veins and
human pincush- the skin. VeinViewer by MOST PAINFUL - Venipuncture is com- draw units from subjects whom we would
ions again.”
Luminetx. monly seen as one of the most painful and not have been able to successfully draw
Richard A. Baum, frequently performed invasive procedures without it.”
MD, Chief of - Edward P. Scott, MD
Interventional
Any clinician may operate by nurses.1
Medical Director and CEO
Radiology the VeinViewer system Mid-South Regional Blood Center
Brigham and without additional certi- 1 BILLION - An estimated number of veni-
Women’s Hospital
fication. Your hands are punctures performed annually.2
free to do your work. It’s “I was astounded by what I saw. It is clear to
non-invasive, with no risk of tissue damage 90% of inpatients require peripheral IV ac- me that the VeinViewer will be a very useful
from the image. And there is no risk of cross- cess and approximately 25% of patients tool in my everyday phlebology practice.”
contamination because there is no patient need central venous access.3 - Steven E. Zimmet, MD
contact with the device. President of the American College of Phlebology
2.4 - The current average number of pen-
There is nothing else like it. etrations performed in order to obtain suc-
cessful catheter placement. In one study, the
Using near-infrared light and other advanced “number of penetrations ranged from 1 to
technologies, VeinViewer is the only tech- at least 14.”4
nology developed to locate subcutaneous 1
Jacobson A. Intradermal normal saline solution, self-selected music,
veins and project their location onto the and insertion difficulty effects on intravenous insertion pain. Heart
and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care 1999:28:114-122.
surface of the skin. 2
Grable HO, Gill GW. Phlebotomy puncture juncture: preventing
phlebotomy errors – potential for harming patients. Laboratory
Medicine 2005;36,7:420-33. 3Horattas MC, Trupiano J, Hopkins S, et
For more illumination call (901) 252-3700 or al. Changing concepts in long-term central venous access: Catheter
selection and cost savings. American Journal of Infection Control
visit www.veinviewer.com. 2001;29:32-40. 4LaRue GD. Efficacy of ultrasonography in peripheral
venous cannulation. Journal of Intravenous Nursing 2000;23:29-34.

“VeinViewer fulfills a basic surgical principle - if I can see it, I can do it.”
- Steve Elias, MD, FACS, Director of the Center for Vein Disease, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

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