Hollow polymer microneedle array fabricated by photolithography process combined with micromolding technique

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 7026-7029

  Wang, Po Chun ^a   Wester, Brock A ^b   Rajaraman, Swaminathan ^c   Paik, Seung Joon ^a   Kim, Seong Hyok ^a   Allen, Mark G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NanoGrip Technologies and Axion BioSystems

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; FABRICATION; NEEDLES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

DELIVERY METHODS; FABRICATION PROCESS; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; MICROMOLDING TECHNIQUES; MICRONEEDLE ARRAYS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY;

MOLDING;

EID: 77950971669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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