Novel framework of making PLA/PLGA polymer micro needles patch for better skin piercing and drug release

Micro Total Analysis Systems - Proceedings of MicroTAS 2006 Conference: 10th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1531-1533

  Chiu, S ^a   Huang, H ^a   Chuang, C Y ^a   Fu, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microneedles; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PIERCING;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; DRUG RELEASE; HUMAN SKIN; MICRONEEDLES; POLYMER MICRO NEEDLES; PREPARATION METHOD; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY;

NEEDLES;

EID: 34249112990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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