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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2007
Seiji Tokumoto, Tsukuba, JP;
Toshiyuki Matsudo, Tsukuba, JP;
Tetsuji Kuwahara, Tsukuba, JP;
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., Saga, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of coating microneedles by which the microneedles mounted on a microneedle device are coated accurately and easily in a mass-producible manner. In this method, a microneedle device () with a plurality of microneedles () is mounted on a table (), while a mask plate () with a plurality of apertures () is fixed to a frame member (), and a coating solution () is drawn in the direction of arrow A on the mask plate () using a spatula () to fill the apertures () with the coating solution. The microneedles () are inserted in the apertures () before or after the filling of the apertures () with the coating solution () to coat the microneedles ().