Microneedle-based minimally-invasive measurement of puncture resistance and fracture toughness of sclera

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 286-294

  Park, Seung Hyun ^a   Lee, Kang Ju ^a   Lee, JiYong ^a   Yoon, Jae Hyoung ^a   Jo, Dong Hyun ^b,c   Kim, Jeong Hun ^b,c   Kang, Keonwook ^a   Ryu, WonHyoung ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Microneedles; Ocular drug delivery; Puncture resistance; Sclera

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRAIN; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; TISSUE;

CONDITION; HIGH PERMEABILITY; INTRAOCULAR; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICRONEEDLES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY; PUNCTURE RESISTANCES; SCLERA; STRUCTURAL SUPPORT;

NEEDLES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICRONEEDLE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE RESISTANCE; SCLERA; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; MECHANICS; MICROINJECTION; PATHOLOGY; PIG; PUNCTURE;

GLASS;

ANIMALS; GLASS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROINJECTIONS; PUNCTURES; SCLERA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84992159423     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.08.011     Document Type: Article

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