Intradermal needle-free powdered drug injection by a helium-powered device

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2068-2071

  Liu, John ^a   Hogan, N Catherine ^a   Hunter, Ian W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; COLD CHAIN; DERMAL LAYERS; DRUG INJECTION; NOZZLE ORIFICE; ORIFICE GEOMETRIES; POLYMER BEADS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE; VACCINE DELIVERY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HELIUM; NOZZLES; ORIFICES; TISSUE; VACCINES;

NEEDLES;

HELIUM; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JET INJECTION; NEEDLE; POWDER; POWER SUPPLY; SWINE; VACCINATION; EVALUATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HELIUM; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; INJECTIONS, JET; NEEDLES; POWDERS; SWINE; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880962905     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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