UJI students win the national James Dyson Award for innovative technology that helps reduce injection phobia



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## UJI students win the national James Dyson Award for innovative technology that helps reduce injection phobia The PINSOFT project, developed by three students of the Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design and Product Development, can contribute to increase the vaccination rate against COVID-19

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A group of three students from the Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design and Product Development at the Universitat Jaume I formed by Sofía Aparicio Ródenas, Laura Martinavarro Fuertes and Juan Carlos Espert Cervera have received this year's national James Dyson Award for the development of [PINSOFT](http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/de-CH/2021/project/pinsoft/), a product that aims to reduce or completely eliminate the number of people who refuse injections due to syringe phobia (trypanophobia).

"We are very grateful to be the national winners of the James Dyson Award 2021 in Spain. With our invention we want to solve a problem that has been known for a long time, but is now more present due to the global vaccination campaign against COVID-19. Our goal is therefore to see PINSOFT in many vaccination centres so that it contributes to increasing the number of vaccinated people," say the three winners.

PINSOFT is a device that stimulates the skin around the injection site so that the patient is not aware of the needle contact with the skin and therefore does not feel the prick. A large number of round sticks, called "spikes", press against the skin and thus camouflage the actual prick. This significantly reduces the pain caused by the puncture. In addition, the cylindrical device hides the syringe from the patient's view. PINSOFT can be used for all types of injections (intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous or intradermal).

Thanks to this invention, the three young designers will participate, together with two other finalists, in the next level of the competition to win the international prize. This year, the competition received more than 2,000 entries from all over the world.

The James Dyson Award, organised by the James Dyson Foundation, is an international design prize that encourages future engineers to apply their technological skills to find innovative solutions that can improve people's lives.

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