DocumentCode
3547183
Title
Body temperature powered device for dermal wound drug delivery
Author
Bell, Alexander ; Pharas, Kunal ; Ehringer, William D. ; McNamara, Shamus
Author_Institution
Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
Jan. 29 2012-Feb. 2 2012
Firstpage
930
Lastpage
932
Abstract
A new type of dermal wound drug delivery device has been successfully fabricated and tested. It is powered by heat from the human body. There are three main parts to the device, the Knudsen pump, a reservoir and a bottom plate. The reservoir holds the drug until the device is placed on the skin of the patient. The heat from the skin travels through the device and powers the Knudsen pump. When powered, the device delivers a steady flow of drugs into the dermal wound.
Keywords
biomedical equipment; cellular biophysics; drug delivery systems; skin; wounds; Knudsen pump; body temperature powered device; dermal wound drug delivery; human body heat; patient skin; Drug delivery; Drugs; Immune system; Nanoporous materials; Temperature measurement; Thermal resistance; Wounds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2012 IEEE 25th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Paris
ISSN
1084-6999
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0324-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170338
Filename
6170338
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