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Electro-Drawn Drug-Loaded Biodegradable Polymer Microneedles as a Viable Route to Hypodermic Injection (Articolo in rivista)
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- Electro-Drawn Drug-Loaded Biodegradable Polymer Microneedles as a Viable Route to Hypodermic Injection (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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- 2014-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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- 10.1002/adfm.201303679 (literal)
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Vecchione, Raffaele; Coppola, Sara; Esposito, Eliana; Casale, Costantino; Vespini, Veronica; Grilli, Simonetta; Ferraro, Pietro; Netti, Paolo Antonio (2014)
Electro-Drawn Drug-Loaded Biodegradable Polymer Microneedles as a Viable Route to Hypodermic Injection
in Advanced functional materials (Print)
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- Vecchione, Raffaele; Coppola, Sara; Esposito, Eliana; Casale, Costantino; Vespini, Veronica; Grilli, Simonetta; Ferraro, Pietro; Netti, Paolo Antonio (literal)
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- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Unità di Napoli, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli Napoli, Italy; Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Health Care - IIT-CRIB, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Barsanti e Matteucci 53, 80125 Napoli, Italy; Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale sui Biomateriali - CRIB, Università di Napoli Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy (literal)
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- Electro-Drawn Drug-Loaded Biodegradable Polymer Microneedles as a Viable Route to Hypodermic Injection (literal)
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- Hypodermic needle injection is still the most common method of drug delivery despite its numerous limitations and drawbacks, such as pain, one-shot administration, and risk of infection. Seeking a viable, safe, and pain-free alternative to the over 16 billion injections per year has therefore become a top priority for our modern technological society. Here, a system that uses a pyroelectric cartridge in lieu of the syringe piston as a potential solution is discussed. Upon stimulation, the cartridge electro-draws, at room temperature, an array of drug-encapsulated, biodegradable polymer microneedles, able to deliver into hypodermic tissue both hydrophobic and hydrophilic bioactive agents, according to a predefined chrono-programme. This mould-free and contact-free method permits the fabrication of biodegradable polymer microneedles into a ready-to-use configuration. In fact, they are formed on a flexible substrate/holder by drawing them directly from drop reservoirs, using a controlled electro-hydrodynamic force. Tests of insertion are performed and discussed in order to demonstrate the possibility to prepare microneedles with suitable geometric and mechanical properties using this method. (literal)
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