Ditching the Needle for a Less Painful Injection
Portal Instruments will pitch its injector for treatment of chronic diseases like MS, rheumatoid arthritis, and hemophilia.
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Innovator Patrick Anquetil
Age 42
Title Chief executive officer of Portal Instruments, a 30-employee company in Cambridge, Mass.
Form and function
Designed for patients to use on themselves, the needle-free injector delivers drugs through the skin using a small piston that the company says is less painful than a conventional hypodermic needle.
Use
The 7-inch, 10-oz. injector comes loaded with a disposable cartridge containing multiple doses (about 1 milliliter each) of a given drug. Patients press the tip of the injector against their thighs or abs and push the button.