HP's Inkjet Technology Used to Administer Drugs

jedrick conner writes "Hewlett-Packard's microneedle technology, used in its inkjet cartridges, could soon be used in transdermal patches to deliver a time-controlled release of drugs to patients. Still at the prototype stage, the patch will likely be 25 mm square in size and 3 mm thick. It will incorporate an array of microneedles that are between 75 and 100 microns, which will penetrate the top dry layer of the skin, also known as the stratum corneum. Above the microneedles is an array of wells, [and] those wells can hold one or more drugs, the device has "an active mechanism to push the drug through the needle"."

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HP's Inkjet Technology Used to Administer Drugs

[Anonymous Coward]

The drug companies will love it. It will only dispense half the contents before needing replacement.

Re:Prior art

[trolltalk.com]

"Dude, what char major, minor numbers are you using for /dev/lsd??!?!"

D'uh! Its an imaginary numnber - rotate your printer 90 degrees from this universe and try again.

Re:Indeed, it's the end of the drug wars.

[AdamHaun]

The health issuses are almost exclusively about dosage control and dosage methods and don't even get into the issue of whether a person has a right to control their own perception of euphoria.

People don't control their perception of euphoria, their perception of euphoria controls them.