Hollow out-of-plane polymer microneedles made by solvent casting for transdermal drug delivery

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-52

  Mansoor, Iman ^a   Hafeli, Urs O ^a   Stoeber, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BioMEMS; drug delivery; hollow out of plane polymer microneedles; solvent cast microstructures

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE LOADS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; MASS FABRICATION; MECHANICAL TESTS; MICRONEEDLES; OUT-OF-PLANE; POLYMER LAYERS; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SAMPLES; SOLID STRUCTURES; SOLVENT CAST; SOLVENT CASTING; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY;

BIOMEMS; DRUG DELIVERY; FABRICATION; MOLDS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

NEEDLES;

EID: 84858448968     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2174429     Document Type: Article

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