Supersonic Needle-Less Injector a la Star Trek

Doofus writes "Yahoo is carrying some Reuters copy about a new injector device that sounds like the 'hypo' from Star Trek. It's a needle-less injector that uses helium to inject powdered medicine through the skin at supersonic speeds. The future is almost here! The manufacturers have been working on this product since at least 1993, and expect it to go into production in 2001."

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Injections without Needles

[Detritus]

What is the advantage of this over the old device that uses high pressure air? If you have been in the U.S. military, you are familiar with the vaccine "guns" used for mass immunizations of military personnel.