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Automatic Drug Administration

Automatic Drug Administration. Tyler Romeo Bishoy Ghobryal Jonathan Cohen Elena Katsanos. Prescription Drug Abuse. 1.3 million drug abusers From age 12 to the elderly Causes Easy access Low price Feeling of safety Indirect solutions stopping the source. Automatic Drug Administration.

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Automatic Drug Administration

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  1. Automatic Drug Administration Tyler Romeo Bishoy Ghobryal Jonathan Cohen Elena Katsanos

  2. Prescription Drug Abuse • 1.3 million drug abusers • From age 12 to the elderly • Causes • Easy access • Low price • Feeling of safety • Indirect solutions stopping the source

  3. Automatic Drug Administration • A new way of administering drugs • Stops abuse at the destination • Original Problems • Administration technique • Storage space • Disposability

  4. The Solution: General • General Information • Computer timed administration • One size fits all wrist band • Drug storage • Aqueous solution • Forearm pack

  5. The Solution: Administration • Administration • Nano needles • Painless, automatic administration

  6. Technology So Far • Needles • Array of microscopic needles • Cannot be felt • NanoPass company • MicronJet

  7. Photography Citations • All Slides (Background Image) – newtype2011 : < http://www.flickr.com/photos/59334544@N00/2322167178/ > (BY) • Slide 5 (Nano Needle Image) - < http://d140213.u136.secured.co.il/upfiles/pic120x340.jpg > (C) • Slide 6 (MicronJet Image) - < http://d140213.u136.secured.co.il/p.asp?p=pic124x337.jpg&w=397 > (C) Works Cited • Works Cited • Compton, Wilson M. "Abuse of prescription drugs and the risk of addiction." Drug and Alcohol Dependence 83 (2006): S4-S7. • Jinks, M. J., and R. R. Raschko. "A profile of alcohol and prescription drug abuse in a high-risk community-based elderly population." DICP, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 24.10 (1990): 971-75. • "Nano needles make injections painless." In-Pharma Technologist. 5 Feb. 2004. 28 Apr. 2009 <http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Materials-Formulation/Nano-needles-make-injections-painless>. • Parran, Ted. "PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE: A Question of Balance." Medical Clinics of North America 81.4 (1997): 968-78. • Simoni-Wastila, Linda, and Gail Strickler. "Risk Factors Associated With Problem Use of Prescription Drugs." American Journal of Public Health 94.2 (2004): 266-68. • Yeshurun, Yehoshua, Meir Hefetz, Yoel Sefi, Yotam Levin, and Gilad Lavi. System and method for delivering fluid into flexible biological. Nano Pass Technologies, Ltd., assignee. Patent US 2005/0209566 A1. 2005.

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