Hypospray

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Hypospray
Star Trek franchise element
First appearanceStar Trek: The Original Series
Created byGene Roddenberry
GenreScience fiction
In-universe information
TypeMedical tool
FunctionUsed to inject medication into a patient's body
AffiliationStarfleet

A hypospray is a medical device in the science fiction television series Star Trek. It is similar to a jet injector, a real medical device, with the main difference being that the fictional medical device doesn't penetrate the skin.

The concept of the hypospray was developed when producers of the original

fuel injector for a large automotive diesel engine, similar to the engines from which jet injectors were derived.[2]

In the Star Trek universe

In the

The Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager and Dr. McCoy in Star Trek: The Original Series.[citation needed
]

The device applies medication by spraying it onto the skin, and can be used directly or through clothing.

intramuscularly.[4]

The hypospray is extremely versatile, as the medicine vials can be quickly swapped out from the bottom of the hypospray. As the hypospray is bloodless, it is not contaminated by use. This allows it to be used on many patients until the hypospray is depleted.

References

  1. ISBN 1-85286-363-3
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  2. ISSN 1079-2082
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  3. ^ "TREKNOSIS: Is There In Truth, No Hypospray?". Star Trek. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. OCLC 935985700.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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