Dr. Peng Qi’s team says its prototype of  an intelligent venipuncture blood collection robot solves three major pain points of venipuncture:

1. it automatically completes sterilization and puncture to avoid cross infection,

2. it has strong imaging ability, based on near-infrared and ultrasound image-guidance, and

3. it can automatically insert a needle into veins under the patient’s skin by an algorithm to determine the ideal angle and depth of injection, substituting for human “trial and error”

Xinhua news release, February 2, 2021