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BANGKOK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ PASS (Point-Assisted Spinal Sonography), an ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture device from Chula doctors and engineers, helps increase the precision and confidence in spinal tap procedures while reducing risks and pain for patients. Nobody wants to get jabbed repeatedly with a needle, especially when that needle is poking into the spinal cord. All of us pray that the doctor can do it precisely in one fell swoop. However, mistakes happen depending on the doctor's experience and expertise, as well as the physical conditions of the patient. "A mistake in performing lumbar puncture (LP) could affect the patient's entire life! We don't want to see patients suffering from pain and being harmed by our treatment,"Associate Professor Ketchada Uerpairojkit, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, discusses the motivation to design the ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture device or PASS - Point-Assi ....

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