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This paper is a review of the scientific publications on the different developed low-cost vein finder prototypes utilizing camera assisted near infrared (NIR) light technology. Methods: Electronic databases were searched online, these included PubMed (PMC), MEDLINE, Science Direct, ResearchGate, and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Xplore digital library. Specifically, publications with the terms vein finder prototype, NIR technology, vein detection, and infrared imaging were screened. In addition, reference lists were used to further review related publications. Results: Cannulation challenges medical practitioners because of the different factors that can be reduced by the utilization of a vein finder. A limited number of publications regarding the assessment of personnel performing cannulation were observed. Moreover, variations in methodology, number of patients, type of patients according to their demographics and materials used in the assessment of the developed prototypes were noted. Some studies were limited with regard to the actual human testing of the prototype. Conclusions: The development of a low-cost effective near infrared (NIR) vein finder remains in the phase of improvement. Since, it is being challenged by different human factors, increasing the number of parameters and participants\/human for actual testing of the prototypes must also be taken into consideration for possible commercialization. Finally, it was noted that publications regarding the assessment of the performance of phlebotomists using vein finders were limited.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19163573","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,19]],"date-time":"2019-08-19T06:10:14Z","timestamp":1566195014000},"page":"3573","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":82,"title":["Vein Pattern Locating Technology for Cannulation: A Review of the Low-Cost Vein Finder Prototypes Utilizing near Infrared (NIR) Light to Improve Peripheral Subcutaneous Vein Selection for Phlebotomy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Cheng-Tang","family":"Pan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan"},{"name":"Institute of Medical Science and Technology, NSYSU, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mark D.","family":"Francisco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan"},{"name":"Institute of Biomedical Sciences, NSYSU, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan"},{"name":"College of Medical Technology, Trinity University of Asia (TUA), Quezon City 1102, Philippines"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chung-Kun","family":"Yen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3676-0004","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shao-Yu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0798-5028","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yow-Ling","family":"Shiue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Biomedical Sciences, NSYSU, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"489","DOI":"10.1515\/cclm-2017-0107","article-title":"Improving quality in the preanalytical phase through innovation, on behalf of the European Federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE)","volume":"55","author":"Lippi","year":"2017","journal-title":"Clin. 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