Micromachined biodegradable microstructures

Proceedings of the IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 371-374

  Park, Jung Hwan ^a   Davis, Shawn ^b   Yoon, Yong Kyu ^a   Prausnitz, Mark R ^a,b   Allen, Mark G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD VESSELS; COPOLYMERS; MICROELECTRONIC PROCESSING; SKIN; TISSUE;

BIODEGRADABLE MICRONEEDLES; BLOOD VESSEL SURGERY; SOLID POLYMER MICRONEEDLES; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0038494537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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