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
fDate :
Jan. 29 2012-Feb. 2 2012
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;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2012 IEEE 25th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0324-8
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170338
