The progress of fabrication designs of polymeric microneedles and related biomedical applications

X Jiang, W Zhang, R Terry, W Li - BMEMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microneedles (MNs) have been broadly used for transdermal delivery of a variety of drugs,
ranging from small chemicals to biological macromolecules, due to the properties of …

Characterization of microchannels created by metal microneedles: formation and closure

H Kalluri, CS Kolli, AK Banga - The AAPS journal, 2011 - Springer
Transdermal delivery of therapeutic agents for cosmetic therapy is limited to small and
lipophilic molecules by the stratum corneum barrier. Microneedle technology overcomes this …

Microneedles as an alternative technology for transdermal drug delivery systems: a patent review

MLB Queiroz, S Shanmugam, LNS Santos… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The most conventional drug delivery systems exist with limitations such as drug
degradation, toxicity and low bioavailability. Also, hypodermic injections can cause pain …

Biomedical applications of polymeric microneedles for transdermal therapeutic delivery and diagnosis: Current status and future perspectives

T Liu, G Luo, M Xing - Advanced Therapeutics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Transdermal drug delivery is a crucial extension of drug administration routes and has been
widely acknowledged as an alternative way to traditional oral administration and …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging era of microneedle array for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications: recent advances and toxicological perspectives

S Dugam, R Tade, R Dhole, S Nangare - Future Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Microneedles (MNs) are the utmost unique, efficient, and minimally
invasive inventions in the pharmaceutical field. Over the past decades, many scientists …

[HTML][HTML] Microneedle arrays combined with nanomedicine approaches for transdermal delivery of therapeutics

V Alimardani, SS Abolmaali, G Yousefi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organic and inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) have shown promising outcomes in transdermal
drug delivery. NPs can not only enhance the skin penetration of small/biomacromolecule …

Microneedles for enhanced transdermal and intraocular drug delivery

K Moffatt, Y Wang, TRR Singh, RF Donnelly - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Microneedles are minimally invasive delivery systems.•Recent studies have
shown that microneedles can be reproducibly applied by patients.•No true microneedle …

Current advances in the fabrication of microneedles for transdermal delivery

S Indermun, R Luttge, YE Choonara, P Kumar… - Journal of controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
The transdermal route is an excellent site for drug delivery due to the avoidance of gastric
degradation and hepatic metabolism, in addition to easy accessibility. Although offering …

[HTML][HTML] Transdermal delivery of drugs with microneedles—potential and challenges

K Ita - Pharmaceutics, 2015 - mdpi.com
Transdermal drug delivery offers a number of advantages including improved patient
compliance, sustained release, avoidance of gastric irritation, as well as elimination of pre …

[HTML][HTML] Translation of polymeric microneedles for treatment of human diseases: Recent trends, Progress, and Challenges

PR Yadav, MN Munni, L Campbell, G Mostofa… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ongoing search for biodegradable and biocompatible microneedles (MNs) that are
strong enough to penetrate skin barriers, easy to prepare, and can be translated for clinical …