Design and Implementation of a Low-cost Real-Time Vein Imaging for Developing Countries

Real-Time Vein Imaging is a device with which we aim to locate the veins in our arms easily for any medical purpose for intravenous (IV) access. Most electronic vein viewers are very expensive or complex in design. Our work presents an affordable, simple designed, easy to use portable device which can overcome the difficulties faced by phlebotomists or doctors during vein puncture. This device can be used irrespective of age, skin color, thickness or collapsed veins. The design of our prototype has been developed to capture the vein images using multispectral near infrared (NIR) source. The veins can be seen and traced on the skin on exposure of NIR making it easy to view and select the right vein and not cause patients unnecessary pain due to multiple punctures. Utilization of this device could help the jobs of the doctors and phlebotomists of developing countries such as Bangladesh.