Journal
BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 47-52Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-005-6171-y
Keywords
transdermal drug delivery; microneedles; in vitro characterization; diabetic rat model
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Transdermal drug delivery TDD systems have many advantages but are conventionally limited by the low permeability of skin. The idea of using microneedles to painlessly penetrate the topmost impermeable stratum corneum has previously been put forward. In this paper, the fabrication of solid and hollow silicon microneedles with straight side-walls and with the following dimensions: 20-100 mu m in diameter and 100-150 mu m in length is described. In vitro tests demonstrate that with prior solid microneedle application, transdermal drug transport is significantly increased by 10-20 times, with the degree of enhancement being related to needle diameter. In vivo tests in diabetic animals, however, were unable to demonstrate any delivery of insulin through the hollow microneedles. It is proposed that two factors, microneedle length and tip sharpness, have to be improved for systemic drug delivery to be seen in vivo.
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