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Presently doctors find it very difficult to inject medicine into the veins for any intravenous procedure. This procedure can be cumbersome, especially for subjects with thin veins or who are obese or for patients with damaged skin. Paediatric patients also belong to this class of people because their veins are extremely thin due to their infancy. In case of extreme emergencies involving the aforementioned patients, it becomes difficult to feed/detect specific veins for carrying out the IV procedure, and the delay in treatment may become life threatening. Clinical staff often finds it difficult to locate the desired vein in paediatric patients. As of now, vein detection is among the latest techniques being researched today to resolve this issue. The present work includes the development of a cost effective vein viewer using a raspberry Pi kit with the aid of infrared rays to illuminate a region which is then observed using an infrared camera. By using this device, the results achieved were quite encouraging besides indicating the huge market potential for the technology. The results obtained showed that the presently developed technology was quite helpful in detecting the veins.