Improved piercing of microneedle arrays in dermatomed human skin by an impact insertion method

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Verbaan, F J ^a   Bal, S M ^a   van den Berg, D J ^a   Dijksman, J A ^b   van Hecke, M ^b   Verpoorten, H ^a   van den Berg, A ^c   Luttge, R ^c   Bouwstra, J A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electric applicator; Human skin; In vitro transport; Microneedles

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; SILICON; SKIN;

ELECTRIC APPLICATOR; HUMAN SKIN; IN VITRO TRANSPORT; MICRONEEDLES;

MICROARRAYS;

METAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; VELOCITY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MICROINJECTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NEEDLES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SKIN;

EID: 42749084964     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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