Technology similar to that which propels tiny droplets in inkjet printing might soon be used to painlessly inject medicine into the skin with a patch. Inkjet pioneer HP has created the drug delivery patches and is allowing Ireland-based medical device developer Crospon to sell them. The patches are being described by the companies as the world’s first skin patch for “smart” drug delivery. The devices have the ability to deliver one or more drugs using tiny processors and “microneedles,” HP and Crospon said.
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HP Offers Shot in Arm for Aging Inkjet Tech
Posted by: Fred J. Aun September 11, 2007 11:03 AMTechnology similar to that which propels tiny droplets in inkjet printing might soon be used to painlessly inject medicine into the skin with a patch. Inkjet pioneer HP has created the drug delivery patches and is allowing Ireland-based medical device developer Crospon to sell them. The patches are being described by the companies as the world’s first skin patch for “smart” drug delivery. The devices have the ability to deliver one or more drugs using tiny processors and “microneedles,” HP and Crospon said.