A Long Island scientist invented a way to get a shot in the arm without needles.

Kasia Sawicka is a biomedical engineer at Stony Brook University Lab. She's also the inventor behind a patch that delivers medicine through the skin without needles.

Sawicka developed the technology while she was an undergrad at Stony Brook University and has been working on it for 10 years. She says she'll never forget the moment she tested the patch and found that it was as effective as a needle.

"I sat and cried in front of the computer, it was very overwhelming," she says.

Sawicka says the patch would only have to be worn for 24 hours. It doesn't need refrigeration, and there's no biohazardous waste.

Doctors like Mineola pediatrician Luisa Castiglia say that while the patch still needs more testing, it could make their jobs easier one day.

"If it actually can distribute a vaccine to a child, I think it would be wonderful for the kids that are needle-phobic," says Dr. Castiglia.

Sawicka says that she's filed for a patent for the patch. She'll be doing more research and clinical trials in the next couple of years and hopes to come out with patches for treating everything from seasonal allergies to Ebola.