A portable needle-free jet injector based on a custom high power-density voice-coil actuator

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 5001-5004

  Taberner, Andrew J ^a   Ball, Nathan B ^a   Hogan, N Catherine ^a   Hunter, Ian W ^b,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JET INJECTORS; LINEAR ACTUATORS; NEEDLE FREE DRUG INJECTION (NFI) DEVICES; REPEATABILITY;

ACTUATORS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DRUG PRODUCTS; FORCE CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION;

DRUG DELIVERY;

COLORING AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; JET INJECTION; MAGNETISM; NEEDLE; POWER SUPPLY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ABSORPTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYRINGE; VOICE;

COLORING AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INJECTIONS, JET; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDLES; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ABSORPTION; SYRINGES; VOICE;

EID: 34047099809     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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