Production of dissolvable microneedles using an atomised spray process: Effect of microneedle composition on skin penetration

MG McGrath, S Vucen, A Vrdoljak, A Kelly… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2014Elsevier
Dissolvable microneedles offer an attractive delivery system for transdermal drug and
vaccine delivery. They are most commonly formed by filling a microneedle mold with liquid
formulation using vacuum or centrifugation to overcome the constraints of surface tension
and solution viscosity. Here, we demonstrate a novel microneedle fabrication method
employing an atomised spray technique that minimises the effects of the liquid surface
tension and viscosity when filling molds. This spray method was successfully used to …
Abstract
Dissolvable microneedles offer an attractive delivery system for transdermal drug and vaccine delivery. They are most commonly formed by filling a microneedle mold with liquid formulation using vacuum or centrifugation to overcome the constraints of surface tension and solution viscosity. Here, we demonstrate a novel microneedle fabrication method employing an atomised spray technique that minimises the effects of the liquid surface tension and viscosity when filling molds. This spray method was successfully used to fabricate dissolvable microneedles (DMN) from a wide range of sugars (trehalose, fructose and raffinose) and polymeric materials (polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and sodium alginate). Fabrication by spraying produced microneedles with amorphous content using single sugar compositions. These microneedles displayed sharp tips and had complete fidelity to the master silicon template. Using a method to quantify the consistency of DMN penetration into different skin layers, we demonstrate that the material of construction significantly influenced the extent of skin penetration. We demonstrate that this spraying method can be adapted to produce novel laminate-layered as well as horizontally-layered DMN arrays. To our knowledge, this is the first report documenting the use of an atomising spray, at ambient, mild processing conditions, to create dissolvable microneedle arrays that can possess novel, laminate layering.
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