New needle design
August 6, 2013
MEDICAL technology firm
Becton, Dickinson and Company
has announced the Australian
launch of the BD Ultra-Fine 4mm
Pen Needle with PentaPoint
comfort, which is its latest
advancement in injection comfort.
PentaPoint is a patented fivebevel
needle tip design with a
flatter, thinner surface to help
penetrate the skin with significantly
greater ease, hopefully reducing
fear and anxiety in patients and
boosting self-care adherence.
The 4mm length of the
new needle is in line with
recommendations from the
Australian Diabetes Educators
Association in 2011, where shorter
needles were identified as more
suitable for children, adolescents
and obese patients, and highlighted
as providing equivalent glycaemic
control as larger needles.
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