Universal Applicator for Digitally-Controlled Pressing Force and Impact Velocity Insertion of Microneedles into Skin

• Main Authors: Mara Leone (Author), Bart H. van Oorschot (Author), M. Reza Nejadnik (Author), Andrea Bocchino (Author), Matteo Rosato (Author), Gideon Kersten (Author), Conor O'Mahony (Author), Joke Bouwstra (Author), Koen van der Maaden (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Microneedle technologies have been developed for dermal drug and vaccine delivery, including hollow-, solid-, coated-, and dissolving microneedles. Microneedles have been made in many different geometries and of many different materials, all of which may influence their skin-penetrating ability. To...