A team led by Prof. Viren Menezes from IIT Bombay’s Department of Aerospace Engineering has developed a shockwave-based syringe that delivers medication without piercing the skin with a sharp needle.

• It uses high-energy shock waves to create a microjet of liquid drugs.
• This microjet travels at almost twice the speed of a commercial aeroplane during takeoff, penetrating the skin rapidly and gently.
• Patients barely feel a thing, and the process causes less skin trauma compared to traditional needles.
• The device, about the size of a ballpoint pen, is equipped with a specially designed nozzle (as fine as a human hair) that ensures both comfort and efficiency during use.