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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2004
Stanley H. Kravitz, Placitas, NM (US);
David Ingersoll, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Carrie Schmidt, Los Lunas, NM (US);
Jeb Flemming, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Stanley H. Kravitz, Placitas, NM (US);
David Ingersoll, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Carrie Schmidt, Los Lunas, NM (US);
Jeb Flemming, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
An inexpensive and rapid method for fabricating arrays of hollow microneedles uses a photoetchable glass. Furthermore, the glass hollow microneedle array can be used to form a negative mold for replicating microneedles in biocompatible polymers or metals. These microneedle arrays can be used to extract fluids from plants or animals. Glucose transport through these hollow microneedles arrays has been found to be orders of magnitude more rapid than natural diffusion.