Micromachined needle arrays for drug delivery or fluid extraction: Design and fabrication aspects of fluid coupled arrays of hollow metallic microneedles

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 53-58

  Brazzle, John ^a   Papautsky, Ian ^a   Frazier, A Bruno ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMACHINING; NEEDLES;

FLUID EXTRACTION; MICROMACHINED NEEDLE ARRAYS;

DISPOSABLE BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUID FLOW; INJURY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PAIN;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; METALS; MICROINJECTIONS; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDLES; PAIN; PARACENTESIS; RHEOLOGY; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033230574     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.805145     Document Type: Article

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