Biodegradable polymer needle with various tip angles and consideration on insertion mechanism of mosquito's proboscis

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-28

  Aoyagi, Seiji ^a   Izumi, Hayato ^a   Fukuda, Mitsuo ^b  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Lightnix Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; FEM simulation; Microneedle; Mosquito; Polylactic acid (PLA); Surface tension; Vibration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHOTOMASKS; SILICONES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SURFACE TENSION;

FEM SIMULATION; MICRONEEDLE; MOSQUITO; POLYLACTIC ACID (PLA);

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 40949162429     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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