Education

There are currently no educational tools that provide real time visualization of veins.

Usually the learning process of developing the feel for a vein is done with one student at a time and one instructor.  VuStik® improves the current 1:1 student-teacher ratio by enabling the entire class to see the demonstration.

In the past, the only way to demonstrate vein location was to study anatomical pictures and then have students apply tourniquets to fellow students.  This is a disadvantage because the students are feeling for a vein with an ambiguous location.

With VuStik, the instructor can use a student volunteer and go through the same process of applying the tourniquet and feeling for a vein, but can then project a single student's instruction on a large screen for the entire class. VuStik will be able to differentiate speed of blood flow from vein to vein.

Being able to see the vein at the same time the student is developing these skills will enhance and expedite the learning process.

Superficial venous patterns are like fingerprints - all are unique to the individual. With VuStik, students learn from more examples of atypical vein locations they cannot feel or visualize with the unaided eye, but can detect clearly because of VuStik.