Buzzy® is a non-drug solution for both children and adults with fear of needles and pain during a needle injection. It is a vibrating device combined with ice packs that decrease sharp pain when placed near the injection point. Buzzy® uses natural pain relief by confusing your body's own nerves, thereby dulling or eliminating sharp pain. Buzzy® is creating a distraction away from the injection site, resulting in reduction or complete elimination of needle pain, pain from medication or itching.

Buzzy® is used to improve patient comfort and patient satisfaction. It is used instead of, among other things, anesthetic ointment: it is 10 times faster, 4 times more economical, and by far the most tested. Buzzy® is CE-marked and approved for pain relief during blood draws, insertion of IVs and giving injections. Buzzy® is now used in more than 5,000 hospitals and clinics worldwide.

“Gate control” Theory is the term used to describe pain relief by causing sensations other than pain and sending them down the same pathway where pain gets blocked at the “gate”. The premise is that when nerves receive non-painful signals such as vibration or cold, the brain closes the gate on pain signals. For example, if you hit your finger with a hammer, you might instinctively begin to rub it, shake it, or run it under cold water. You are sending non-pain signals through your nerves to close the gate on the pain signals.

Using the body’s own nervous system, the Gate Control Theory invokes the concept that the final common pathway for sharp pain to the brain can be shut out by the nerves that transmit cold and vibration senses. Just as running a burn under cold water stops the sharp pain, or rubbing a bumped elbow stops the pain, simultaneously stimulating vibration and cold receptors can dull or eliminate pain.

Buzzy® can be used for all kinds of needle-related procedures, both at home and in the healthcare sector, for all forms of injections: subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, but also for puncturing dialysis shunts and port-a-caths, for both children and adults. Used in more than 37 million procedures in 27 countries, Buzzy® is used to reduce pain, making injections worry-free and more comfortable.

Some common Buzzy applications either for personal or professional use can be:

• Vaccinations & injections

• Blood draws

• Infusions

• Pediatrics

• Medical Practices/Doctor's Surgeries

• Emergency Departments

• Hospitals (all departments

• Diabetes

• Medication Injections

• Dialysis and Glucose Monitoring

• Site reactions

• Trypanophobia

• Needle reluctance

• Chronic pain and arthritis

• Cosmetic Procedures

• General pain

• Tattoo and Tattoo removal

• Laser procedures

• Muscle tension

• Electromyography or nerve conduction studies

• Dental procedures