TechDrawl, Fresh from the South May 2009, MMJ’s “Buzzy” minimizes needle pain.  Dyer, B http://techdrawl.com/mmjs-buzzy-minimizes-needle-pain/

American College of Emergency Physician Newsletter April 2009, Update on Needle Pain Management, Baxter AL http://www.acep.org/ACEPmembership.aspx?id=45156#story3

AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics Young Physician Newsletter January 2009, So You Have An Idea, the path from insight to invention. Baxter AL http://www.aap.org/sections/ypn/yp/aap_yp/Winter09news.html#idea

Today in Physical Therapy, Distraction for pain.  Stringer, H.   2009 in press.

Buzzy and Dr. Baxter really get around . . . see where they've been!

PUBLICATIONS:

Baxter AL, Cohen LL.  :Cold, Vibration and Distraction for Venipuncture Pain Relief.  Platform presentation,AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics, 2009 (a)

Baxter AL,Leong T, Mathew B. External thermomechanical stimulation versus vapocoolant for adult venipuncture pain : Pilot data on a novel device.  Clinical Journal of Pain, October 2009.

DR. BAXTER:

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 14, 2010, Up Close:  Dr. Amy Baxter, pain specialist. Lives have been changed by Buzzy . . .

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, MedClips December 2008:  Congratulations to Amy Baxter, M.D., Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates, for receiving a fast-track National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for her study "Relieving Pediatric Immunization Pain Using a Reusable Personal Device."

Principal Investigator Profiles, Alleviating pediatric suffering across disciplines:  http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=7094

PRESENTATIONS:

Baxter AL, Cohen LL.  A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Novel Vibrating Tourniquet to Decrease Pediatric Venipuncture Pain.  ISPP Acapulco, Mexico March 2010

Cohen LL, Champion D,Baxter AL. Knowledge from Needles: Lessons from a decade of research.  International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, Acapulco Mexico March 2010

Baxter AL, Morales E.  Leong T. External Thermomechanical stimulation versus vapocoolant anesthetic for venipuncture pain.  Poster, International Association for the Study of Pain, Glasgow Scotland 2008

Baxter AL.  Vibratory Stimulation as a Means of Preventing Injection Pain in Pediatrics, Poster, International Society for Pediatric Pain, Nova Scotia, Canada 2006

GRANTS:

2009  NIH SBIR  1R44HD056647-01A2  Baxter (PI) $960,000 Fast track, 2.5 years.  Novel vibratory device to reduce immunization pain.

2007 Mayday Fund to Georgia State University.  Baxter, Cohen L.  6 months, $130K.  Evaluation of the effect of a device for pain in venipuncture; evaluation of a device for pain to increase immunization compliance.