Tapered conical polymer microneedles fabricated using an integrated lens technique for transdermal drug delivery

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 903-913

  Park, J H ^a   Yoon, Y K ^b,c   Choi, S O ^b   Prausnitz, M R ^d   Allen, M G ^b  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

^d Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Lens; Microneedle; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

BIOTHERAPEUTICS; MECHANICAL FAILURE; MICROMOLDING; MICRONEEDLES; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY;

DNA; DRUG DELIVERY; GLASS; MICROLENSES; NEEDLES; PROTEINS; SKIN;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

CONICAL POLYMER MICRONEEDLE; DRUG CARRIER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LENSES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEEDLES; POLYMERS; SKIN; SWINE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 34247350469     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.889173     Document Type: Article

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