Fabrication of microneedle array using LIGA and hot embossing process |
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Authors: | Sang Jun Moon Seung S Lee H S Lee T H Kwon |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 3n3-1 Guseong-dong Yuseong-gu Daejeon, Korea |
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Abstract: | We demonstrate a novel fabrication technology of the microneedle array applied to painless drug delivery and minimal invasive blood extraction. The fabrication technology consists of a vertical deep X-ray exposure and a successive inclined deep X-ray exposure with a deep X-ray mask whose pattern has a hollow triangular array. The vertical exposure makes triangular column array with a needle conduit. With the successive inclined exposure, the column array shapes into the microneedle array without deep X-ray mask alignment. Changing the inclined angle and the gap between the mask and PMMA (PolyMethylMetaAcrylic) substrate, different types of microneedle array are fabricated in 750–1000 m shafts length, 15o–20o tapered tips angle, and 190–300 m bases area. The masks are designed to 400–600 m triangles length, 70–100 m conduits diameter, 25–60EA/5 mm2 arrays density, and various tip shapes such as triangular, rounded, or arrow-like features. In the medical application, the fabricated PMMA microneedle array fulfills the structural requirements such as three-dimensional sharp tapered tip, HAR (High-Aspect-Ratio) shafts, small invasive surface area, and out-of-plane structure. In the skin test, the microneedle array penetrates back of the hand skin with minimum pain and without tip break and blood is drawn after puncturing the skin. Hot embossing process and mold fabrication process are also investigated with silicon and PDMS mold. The processed tetrahedral PMMA structures are fabricated into the microneedle array by the additional deep X-ray exposure. With these processes, the microneedle array can be utilized as the mold base for electroplating process.The author thanks the staff in 9 C LIGA beamline, Pohang Light Source (PLS), Korea for their assistance on the fabrication process. |
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Keywords: | Drug delivery Blood extraction Inclined deep X-ray process Microneedle array Hot embossing |
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