Optimal design of microneedles inserts into skin by numerical simulation

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 516, Issue , 2012, Pages 624-628

  Chiu, Chui Yu ^a   Kuo, Hsin Chuan ^b   Lin, Yi ^a,c   Lee, Jeou Long ^d   Shen, Yung Kang ^e   Kang, Sheng Jie ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAKMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Optimal design; PLA microneedle

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCHANNELS; MOLDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT; MICRO HOT EMBOSSING; MICRONEEDLE ARRAYS; MICRONEEDLE PATCHES; MICRONEEDLES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; POLYMER MICRO NEEDLES; POLYMER POLYLACTIC ACIDS;

NEEDLES;

EID: 84862736697     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.516.624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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