Tube Touch Sharp With a Fully Passive Safety System Debuts in US

MedPro, a Lexington, Kentucky firm has partnered with Austrian Greiner Bio-One to make available the company’s VACUETTE PREMIUM Safety Needle System Tube Touch in the U.S.
The company claims this is the first blood collection device available in America that is completely passive, automatically hiding the needle without the clinician having to perform any additional tasks.
More about the Tube Touch from MedPro:

The Tube-Touch design has a safety mechanism that automatically activates through normal use, with no additional step by the user. The product is being manufactured by Greiner Bio-One in their new state of the art facility in Upper Austria. The first production units are now available for release to customers.
The product will initially be sold in the US marketplace, with European CE Mark clearance expected during the second quarter of this year.
• Integrated, multiple sample needle and safety shield
• Insertion of the first blood collection tube causes the safety shield to be automatically released
• The safety shield covers the needle immediately following blood collection from the patient
• Product Gauges: 20G, 21G, 22G