Hypospray

[ hahy-poh-sprey ]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for an instrument, similar to a hypodermic syringe, but using no needle, for forcing extremely fine jets of a solution through the unbroken skin.

Example Sentences

But the idea of a hypospray is no longer merely fiction.

From Salon

In 2012, MIT released an updated design for the "hypospray" which can be programmed for many uses, and inject drugs at the speed of sound, which they hope will eventually eliminate the need for needles.

From BBC

His "gun" was a Hypospray injector made by Detroit's R. P. Scherer Corp., modified to meet Dr. Anderson's suggestions.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Hypospray, first offered to doctors in 1947, has found few takers outside the Navy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hypospray blasts a drug through the pores, using air pressure of 25 to 125 pounds per square inch.

From Time Magazine Archive