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2003 International Conference on MEMS, NANO and Smart Systems (ICMENS'03)
On The Design of an Electronic Mosquito: Design and Analysis of the Micro-Needle
Banff, Alberta, Canada
July 20-July 23
ISBN: 0-7695-1947-4
Rashad Sharaf, University of Calgary
Priyanka Aggarwal, University of Calgary
Karan V.I.S. Kaler, University of Calgary
Wael Badawy, University of Calgary
This paper addresses the design of the Electronic Mosquito. It presents the analysis for the in-plane silicon micro-needles that can be used for drug delivery and/or blood sampling for biomedical applications. The characteristics of in-plane micro-needles are far more reliable than out-of-plane micro-needles for transdermal drug delivery and blood sampling. In order to withdraw blood samples from the subcutaneous fat layer, which occurs at a distance of 2000 to 4000 ?m below the skin surface, the length of our MEMS based in-plane micro-needle have been set at 3000 ?m. This length is impractical for out-of-plane micro-needles. Drug delivery and blood samplings place requirement in terms of minimal needle dimensions and force withstanding capabilities, which are inversely related to each other. The strength of the micro-needles has been examined analytically and modeled using finite element modeling tools. Through performance analysis it is shown that the proposed design is a significant improvement over existing micro-needles.
Index Terms:
Micro-needles, MEMS forces, drug delivery, blood sampling, finite element modeling, skin force
Citation:
Rashad Sharaf, Priyanka Aggarwal, Karan V.I.S. Kaler, Wael Badawy, "On The Design of an Electronic Mosquito: Design and Analysis of the Micro-Needle," icmens, pp.32, 2003 International Conference on MEMS, NANO and Smart Systems (ICMENS'03), 2003
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