Sharpening of hollow silicon microneedles to reduce skin penetration force

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Khanna, Puneet ^a   Luongo, Kevin ^a   Strom, Joel A ^b   Bhansali, Shekhar ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CADAVER SKINS; HUMAN SKIN; INSERTION FORCE; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MICRONEEDLES; NEEDLE SHAFT; SHARP TIP; SILICON MICRONEEDLES; SKIN PENETRATION;

MINING;

NEEDLES;

EID: 77949911037     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/4/045011     Document Type: Article

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