Two-photon polymerization of microneedles for transdermal drug delivery

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 513-533

  Gittard, Shaun D ^a   Ovsianikov, Aleksandr ^b   Chichkov, Boris N ^b   Doraiswamy, Anand ^c   Narayan, Roger J ^a  

^a USA and North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^c Advanced Vision Science Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Microneedle; Rapid prototyping; Transdermal; Two photon polymerization

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAX VACCINE; BARIUM SULFATE; BIOTIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCEIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DIMETICONE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN CONJUGATED BIOTIN; GENTAMICIN; GLASS; GOLD; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1 VACCINE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; NUCLEIC ACID; PALLADIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLASMID DNA; PLASTIC; PLATINUM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL 600 DIACRYLATE; SILICON; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; BIOSENSOR; CERAMICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOLLOW MICRONEEDLE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LASER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MATERIAL COATING; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH; TWO PHOTON POLYMERIZATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NEEDLES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 77949878358     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425241003628171     Document Type: Review

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