Transdermal drug delivery by localized intervention
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Weaver, James C.; Herndon, Terry O.; Gowrishankar, Thiruvallur R.
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Both field-confined skin electroporation and microscissioning offer minimally invasive methods for delivering drugs across skin and nail with minimal sensation. Both methods create high permeability pathways in a pain-free manner. These openings are similar in dimension to commonly experienced scratches and nicks on the skin. These localized openings provide pathways for sustained delivery of drugs either passively using a patch or actively using pressure or iontophoresis.
Date issued
2009-01Department
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and TechnologyJournal
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Gowrishankar, T.R., T.O. Herndon, and J.C. Weaver. “Transdermal drug delivery by localized intervention.” Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE 28.1 (2009): 55-63. © Copyright 2009 IEEE
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0739-5175