MEMS-based Transdermal Drug Delivery

ISBN-13: 9781032064239 / Twarda / 2023 / 264 str.

T.K. Bhattacharyya

Opis

This book introduces transdermal drug delivery and developments in transdermal drug delivery techniques including system level design approach of a novel miniaturized medical device to offer precise and painless drug delivery via a skin-based transdermal route. It discusses the MEMS- based fabrication technique and related aspects.

Spis treści

1 Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems. 2 At the bottom – Microfluidics and Scaling Laws.  3 Microneedles – New tools of painless interface to skin.  4 Miniaturization using microfabrication techniques.  5 Design and simulation of microneedles.  6 Fabrication and characterization of hollow Polymer microneedles.  7 C-MEMS process based post fabrication and strength enhancement of microneedles.  8 Micropumps for drug delivery.  9 Piezoelectric Actuator based Micropumps.  10 Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Actuators for micropumps.  11 Microneedle and IPMC micropump integrated drug delivery system

O autorze

Richa Mishra is an Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, India.

Tarun Kanti Bhattacharyya holds the prestigious position of Institute Chair Professor at IIT Kharagpur.