$10 3D Printed Epi Pen
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$10 3D Printed Epi Pen
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Re: $10 3D Printed Epi Pen
#2Isn't there a patent or copyright issue involved here?
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#3I don't get it, how is that better than just doing an injection with a pre-filled syringe? I see the point of the Epi Pen, but not of this.
Re: $10 3D Printed Epi Pen
#4Isn't there a patent or copyright issue involved here?
No, there is basically zero commonality between this device and the EpiPen (this is a bad idea for a number of other reasons though...)
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, there is basically zero commonality between this device and the EpiPen (this is a bad idea for a number of other reasons though...)
Failure rate is unknown. Consequences of failure are nasty, up to and including death.
Not to mention the whole "injecting glass into yourself" thing.
It's no less complicated than simply drawing up the medication from a rubber topped vial. It's still a bunch of things you have to unpack at the time you need it (the syringe, stopcock, and needle will all need to remain in their packaging until they're used). There are a ton of downsides...
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#8The current headline does not match the page title, and is clickbait and false, both literally and in its intended implication of commonality (what is there is nothing like an EpiPen, and its hard to see what its point is at all -- it seems to be an unregulated "at your own risk" medical device that adds no clear value and considerable risk compared to just using a syringe, and clearly doesn't have the ease-of-use-in-an-emergency utility that justifies autoinjectors like the EpiPen.)
Re: $10 3D Printed Epi Pen
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Failure rate is unknown. Consequences of failure are nasty, up to and including death.
Not to mention the whole "injecting glass into yourself" thing. It's no less complicated than simply drawing up the medication from a rubber topped vial. It's still a bunch of things you have to unpack at the time you need it (the syringe, stopcock, and needle will all need to remain in their packaging until they're used). There are a ton of downsides...
I'm curious how they keep the vials sterile, I guess you can't really handle them until the day of and then do so with gloves on.
Re: $10 3D Printed Epi Pen
#10I guess if an Epi Pen was some sort of Rube Goldberg device for making an injection more complicated.
The whole point of an Epi Pen is that it can be easily carried (in a purse for example) and used by people with very little training to give an injection (just "stab and go"). This device doesn't serve any of the purposes of a real Epi Pen.