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S&M1588 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2018.1781 Published: June 29, 2018 Analysis of Process Parameters and Performance Test for Fabricating Stainless-steel Metal Microneedles [PDF] Xiao-Xiao Yan, Gang Tang, Rui Hu, Bin Yang, Li-Ling Zhang, and Bin Xu (Received October 20, 2017; Accepted January 4, 2018) Keywords: metal microneedles, drug delivery, dicing, electrochemical corrosion
Using microneedles to transport drugs is one of the new, painless, and high efficient transdermal drug delivery methods, which has made great strides in recent years. However, many hollow and solid microneedles are usually made of silicon and polymer materials which have poor mechanical property. To improve their strength and reliability, in this study, metal microneedles were fabricated by dicing and electrochemical corrosion. Firstly, the process parameters of electrochemical corrosion, including current and solution, were discussed and analyzed in detail for fabricating microneedles with sharp tips. Secondly, the performance test of microneedles was carried out. In a force test, these microneedles could penetrate the artificial skin and the rat skin, and the skins were still well. In an in vitro transdermal drug delivery test, the amount of permeated flux of bovine serum albumin through treated rat skin increased by 5 times of the intact ones.
Corresponding author: Xiao-Xiao YanCite this article Xiao-Xiao Yan, Gang Tang, Rui Hu, Bin Yang, Li-Ling Zhang, and Bin Xu, Analysis of Process Parameters and Performance Test for Fabricating Stainless-steel Metal Microneedles, Sens. Mater., Vol. 30, No. 6, 2018, p. 1333-1340. |