Separable arrowhead microneedles

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-249

  Chu, Leonard Y ^a   Prausnitz, Mark R ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Hypodermic injection; Microfabrication; Microneedle; Skin; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RELEASE KINETICS; HYPODERMIC INJECTION; HYPODERMIC NEEDLES; MICRONEEDLES; RAPID SEPARATION; SHARP TIP; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY; VACCINE DELIVERY;

DISSOLUTION; DRUG DELIVERY; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROMACHINING;

NEEDLES;

METAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; DISSOLUTION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARABLE ARROWHEAD MICRONEEDLE; SKIN;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROINJECTIONS; NEEDLES; SKIN; SWINE;

EID: 79951955119     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.10.033     Document Type: Article

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