Dermacuro Pain Blocker
TGA listed
Vibration Neural Distraction Device
Minimise patient sensitivity to pain. Improve patient comfort.
REDUCE PROCEDURE DISCOMFORT
Use Dermacuro Pain Blocker VNDD between the pain and the brain to minimise injection pain
WHAT IS THE DERMACURO PAIN BLOCKER VIBRATION NEURAL DISTRACTION DEVICE?
The Vibration Neural Distraction Device is used to minimise patients' sensitivity to pain. The flat-shaped vibrating head rests gently on the skin near the needle entry point and provides mild vibration to the surrounding tissue, resulting in neural distraction to minimise pain sensations from the superficial (usually painful) procedure.
The AA battery-powered device delivers vibration to the skin, which effectively relieves pain using a method of neural distraction based on the concept known as 'stimulation-induced pain modulation'. The concept of stimulation-induced analgesia was proposed many years ago and originates from the Gate Control Theory of Pain as first reported in 1965 by Melzack and Wall.
The device is intended for use by doctors, dentists, nurses, podiatrists, physiotherapists and medical imaging technicians to provide pain relief from injections for patients who undergo injections or skin penetration procedures.
immediate pain relief I no medications I nil risk of allergic reaction
HOW DOES THE VIBRATION REDUCE PAIN SENSATION?
Vibration has been considered a method of pain reduction for over 50 years in a number of fields including dentistry, superficial surgery, surface level and deeper level injections and early stages of labour. Vibration neural distraction utilises the concept known as ‘stimulation-induced pain modulation’. The concept of stimulation-induced analgesia was proposed many years ago and originates from the Gate Control Theory of Pain as first reported in 1965 by Melzack and Wall.
The theory states: when A-β fibres (large fibres) are stimulated by non-noxious stimuli, they prevent pain signals transmitted by A-δ or C fibres (small fibres) from reaching the central nervous system. As a result, the non-noxious stimulus suppresses pain.
UNMODULATED PAIN
MODULATED PAIN
The vibration stimulus (non-nociceptive) may inhibit smaller A-δ and C fibre (nociceptive) inputs from a needle injection.
ADVANTAGES OF USING DERMACURO’S PAIN BLOCKER DURING INJECTIONS
Safe and effective to achieve local pain relief
Maximise patient comfort and reduce anxiety related injections
Easy application, rapid onset and good patient acceptance
Provides a highly statistically and clinically significant beneficial effect in terms of patients' assessment of pain
Non-pharmacology pain relief option
Nil clearance time - unlike inhalation, oral and injection type pain relief
Affordable: low-cost equipment purchase and reusable
Dermacuro’s Vibration Neural Distraction is
a TGA approved, Class I medical device
for safe and effective pain relief
HOW DO PATIENTS FEEL ABOUT USING DERMACURO’S VNDD FOR PAIN RELIEF?
The device may have a particularly beneficial effect on patients who are anxious about the injection procedure or have a low pain tolerance.
WHAT DO PATIENTS SAY?
“Made me focus on something other than the needles so I felt less anxious.”
“Significantly reduced the pain from the injections.”
“I had something to do during the procedure which helped to occupy my thoughts on something other than the needles.”
“Loved it - I’m using it for every aesthetic procedure that involves a needle.”
“I’m allergic to some local anaesthetics so this device makes my procedures far less uncomfortable.”
WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH SHOW?
According to a study by Dr Sharma and colleagues published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, patients experienced both a clinically and statistically significant pain reduction when a vibration stimulus was co-administered with dermal injections. The majority of the clients (86%) reported a preference for vibration distraction for subsequent injections.