Development of a micro lancet needle made of biodegradable polymer for low-invasive medical treatment

Digest of Technical Papers - International Conference on Solid State Sensors and Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS '05

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1195-1198

  Aoyagi, S ^a   Izumi, H ^a   Aoki, T ^a   Fukuda, M ^b  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Lightnix Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gray scale mask; Micro lancet needle; Micromolding; PLA; Wet chemical anisotropic etching

Indexed keywords

GRAY SCALE MASK; MICRO LANCET NEEDLE; MICROMOLDING; PLA; WET CHEMICAL ANISOTROPIC ETCHING;

BIODEGRADATION; BLOOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASES; ETCHING; MOLDING; POLYMERS;

NEEDLES;

EID: 27544461590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1497292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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