Measurement and Prediction of Insertion Force for the Mosquito Fascicle Penetrating into Human Skin

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-152

  Kong, XQ ^a   Wu, CW ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biomimetic; fascicle; mechanics; microneedle; mosquito; penetration

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FASCICLE; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; HUMAN SKIN; INSERTION FORCE; INSERTION PROCESS; MICRONEEDLE; MOSQUITO; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PENETRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SHARP TIP; SKIN TISSUE; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WHOLE PROCESS;

BIOMIMETICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SKIN;

EID: 67649519373     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60111-0     Document Type: Article

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