[HTML][HTML] Microneedles: A smart approach and increasing potential for transdermal drug delivery system

T Waghule, G Singhvi, SK Dubey, MM Pandey… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The most widely used methods for transdermal administration of the drugs are hypodermic
needles, topical creams, and transdermal patches. The effect of most of the therapeutic …

Current trends in polymer microneedle for transdermal drug delivery

KAS Al-Japairai, S Mahmood, SH Almurisi… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transdermal drug delivery using microneedles is increasingly gaining interest due to the
issues associated with oral drug delivery routes. Gastrointestinal route exposes the drug to …

Rapidly separable microneedle patch for the sustained release of a contraceptive

W Li, RN Terry, J Tang, MR Feng… - Nature Biomedical …, 2019 - nature.com
Women often have limited access to contraception, and barrier methods have low
acceptance and a high failure rate, mostly due to incorrect use, which can result in …

Microneedle, bio-microneedle and bio-inspired microneedle: A review

G Ma, C Wu - Journal of Controlled Release, 2017 - Elsevier
Microneedles (MNs) are micro-scale needles used for drug delivery and other targets. Micro-
scale size endows them with many advantages over hypodermic needles, including …

Recent advances of controlled drug delivery using microfluidic platforms

ST Sanjay, W Zhou, M Dou, H Tavakoli, L Ma… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Conventional systematically-administered drugs distribute evenly throughout the body, get
degraded and excreted rapidly while crossing many biological barriers, leaving minimum …

[HTML][HTML] Microneedle-based delivery: An overview of current applications and trends

AJ Guillot, AS Cordeiro, RF Donnelly, MC Montesinos… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microneedle arrays (MNA) are considered as one of the most promising resources to
achieve systemic effects by transdermal delivery of drugs. They are designed as a minimally …

Insulin delivery systems combined with microneedle technology

X Jin, DD Zhu, BZ Chen, M Ashfaq, XD Guo - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Diabetes, a metabolic disorder of glucose, is a serious chronic disease and an important
public health problem. Insulin is one of the hormones for modulating blood glucose level …

Long-acting reversible contraception by effervescent microneedle patch

W Li, J Tang, RN Terry, S Li, A Brunie, RL Callahan… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
To increase access to long-acting contraception, we developed a reversible contraceptive
microneedle patch that is simple-to-administer, slowly releases contraceptive hormone …

Dissolvable polymer microneedles for drug delivery and diagnostics

M Ali, S Namjoshi, HAE Benson, Y Mohammed… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dissolvable transdermal microneedles (μND) are promising micro-devices used to transport
a wide selection of active compounds into the skin. To provide an effective therapeutic …

Intradermal and transdermal drug delivery using microneedles–Fabrication, performance evaluation and application to lymphatic delivery

AH Sabri, Y Kim, M Marlow, DJ Scurr, J Segal… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
The progress in microneedle research is evidenced by the transition from simple 'poke and
patch'solid microneedles fabricated from silicon and stainless steel to the development of …