Device Created for Faster Skin Biopsies without Anesthesia (IMAGE)

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Device Created for Faster Skin Biopsies without Anesthesia

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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Institute for Health Research of the Hospital "Ramón y Cajal" (IRYCIS) have patented a new device for performing skin biopsies. With this new tool a skin biopsy can be performed with fewer instruments and the length of the procedure is shortened from thirty minutes to less than five. Neither local anesthesia nor specialized personnel are required. As a result, faster diagnosis of pathologies such as skin cancer is possible.

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