Hong Kong Team Develops AI Vein Finder to Help Medics Locate Blood Vessels
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On 26 October 2026, Ming Pao reported that a Hong Kong team has developed an AI vein finder for patients whose veins are hard to locate, including infants, obese patients, dehydrated patients, patients with darker skin and patients on long-term chemotherapy, to help medical staff locate veins. The report noted that similar devices on the market are expensive and have long been uncommon, and that the new development aims to lower costs to promote wider use. The report so far mentions only the direction of the development and the aim of lowering costs to promote wider use, and does not give technical details of the device, the progress of clinical testing, the price or the launch date.
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- 明報·每日港聞HK-Developed AI Vein Finder Cuts Costs in Bid for Wider Use
Hong Kong develops an AI vein finder for patients whose veins are hard to locate, including infants, obese and dehydrated patients, those with darker skin and long-term chemotherapy patients, helping medical staff locate veins. Similar devices on the market are expensive and have long remained uncommon; the new research hopes to lower costs to promote wider use.
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