1st Edition

MEMS-based Transdermal Drug Delivery

By Richa Mishra, T.K. Bhattacharyya Copyright 2024
266 Pages 158 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

266 Pages 158 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

266 Pages 158 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book introduces transdermal drug delivery and the developments that have taken place in various transdermal drug delivery techniques including the 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 microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based fabrication technique and the design,... Read more

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

Biography

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.