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In this paper, a skin-contact-actuated dispenser/micropump for transdermal drug delivery applications is presented. The micropump consists of stacked polydimethylsiloxane layers mounted on a silicon substrate and operates based on the evaporation and condensation of a low-boiling-point liquid. Therefore, there is no need for a heater and a power source, since only the thermal energy provided by skin contact is required for the actuation. A prototype device with overall dimensions of 14 mm × 14 mm × 8 mm is fabricated and characterized. For a perfluoro compound working fluid (3M FC-3284), a flow rate of 28.8 μ L/min and a maximum back pressure of 28.9 kPa is measured.
Published in:
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:58
,
Issue:
5
)
Date of Publication: May 2011
- Page(s):
- 1492 - 1498
- ISSN :
- 0018-9294
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 11960417
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/TBME.2011.2113347
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Publication :
- 10 February 2011
- Date of Current Version :
- 19 April 2011
- Issue Date :
- May 2011
- Sponsored by :
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- PubMed ID :
- 21317070
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