Mechanics of a mosquito bite with applications to microneedle design

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ramasubramanian, M K ^a   Barham, O M ^a   Swaminathan, V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE LOADS; CRITICAL BUCKLING LOADS; DUCTILE MATERIALS; ELASTIC FOUNDATION; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; HYPODERMIC NEEDLES; MECHANICS MODELING; MODEL PREDICTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; NEEDLES;

BUCKLING;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INJURY; INSECT BITE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; MOSQUITO; NEEDLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CULICIDAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEEDLES; SKIN; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 58149482569     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/3/4/046001     Document Type: Article

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