A controlled-release microchip

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6717, 1999, Pages 335-338

  Santini Jr, John T ^a   Cima, Michael J ^a   Langer, Robert ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CHEMICALS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PIPELINES; PUMPS; STEEL TANKS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ELECTROCHEMICAL DISSOLUTION; PULSATILE RELEASE; SILICON MICROCHIP;

MICROCONTROLLERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; SOLID STATE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCEIN; GOLD; MINIATURIZATION; SILICON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0033611506     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16898     Document Type: Article

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