Reliable in-vivo penetration and transdermal injection using ultra-sharp hollow microneedles

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 213-216

  Roxhed, Niclas ^a   Griss, Patrick ^a,b   Stemme, Göran ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Roche Diagnostics Microtechnology Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Microneedles; Skin penetration

Indexed keywords

LIQUID INJECTION; MICRONEEDLES; PENETRATION ENHANCERS; SKIN PENETRATION;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; SKIN;

NEEDLES;

EID: 27544493152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1496396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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