Combined harpoonlike jagged microneedles imitating Mosquito's proboscis and its insertion experiment with vibration

IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-431

  Izumi, Hayato ^a   Yajima, Tsubasa ^a   Aoyagi, Seiji ^a   Tagawa, Norio ^a   Arai, Yasuhiko ^a   Hirata, Masayuki ^b   Yorifuji, Shiro ^b  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Applying vibration; Combined needles; Harpoon like jagged shape; Mosquito's proboscis; Parylene coating for safety; Silicon microneedle

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CLADDING (COATING); ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEALTH; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NONMETALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; RUBBER; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SILICONES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; DEEP REACTIVE ION ETCHING (DRIV); ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM) SIMULATION; HUMAN BODIES; MICRO-NEEDLES; PARYLENE; RESISTANCE FORCE; SHAPE AND SIZE; SILICON (0 0 1) SURFACES; SILICON MICRONEEDLES; SILICON ON INSULATOR (SOI) WAFERS; SILICONE RUBBER (SIR);

NEEDLES;

EID: 46949083619     PISSN: 19314973     EISSN: 19314981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tee.20295     Document Type: Article

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