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Microneedles: Dissolvable Base Scaffolds Allow Tissue Penetration of High‐Aspect‐Ratio Flexible Microneedles (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 13/2015)
Author(s) -
Yagi Satoshi,
Yamagiwa Shota,
Kubota Yoshihiro,
Sawahata Hirohito,
Numano Rika,
Imashioya Tatsuya,
Oi Hideo,
Ishida Makoto,
Kawano Takeshi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201570076
Subject(s) - materials science , penetration (warfare) , biomedical engineering , microscale chemistry , drug delivery , nanotechnology , medicine , mathematics education , mathematics , operations research , engineering
Microscale needle technology is important in electrophysiological studies, drug/chemical delivery systems, optogenetic applications, etc. On page 1949, T. Kawano and co‐workers present a dissolvable needle‐based scaffold, which realizes penetration of high‐aspect‐ratio flexible microneedles into biological tissues. This methodology, which is applicable to numerous high‐aspect‐ratio flexible microneedles, should reduce the invasiveness and provide safer tissue penetration than conventional approaches.