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US 10,500,771 B2Granted
Needle shaped body and method for manufacturing needle shaped body
AssigneeToppan Printing Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyoichi Asai, Tomoya Sumida
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a needle shaped body includes forming on a surface of a substrate a needle shaped portion having a bottomed hole that extends from a tip to the substrate, contacting the tip of the needle shaped portion with a surface of a liquid in an atmosphere at a first pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, increasing the first pressure to a second pressure while the tip is in contact with the surface of the liquid such that the liquid is filled into the bottomed hole, and freeze-drying the liquid filled in the bottomed hole.
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A needle shaped body, comprising:
- a microneedle comprising a substrate and a needle shaped portion formed on a surface of the substrate such that the needle shaped portion has a bottomed hole that extends from a tip of the needle shaped portion toward the substrate through the needle shaped portion,
- wherein the bottomed hole of the needle shaped portion of the microneedle is configured to be filled with a freeze-dried liquid, and the needle shaped portion satisfies 0.3 mm≤H≤3 mm, 1≤(WA)≤8, and ¼≤(D/H)≤5, where H is a height of the needle shaped portion from the substrate to the tip of the needle shaped portion, A is a maximum diameter of a cross section of the needle shaped portion perpendicular to an axis of the needle shaped portion, and D is a depth of the bottomed hole from the tip of the needle shaped portion, and the microneedle is formed such that the needle shaped portion has an angled surface extending to the tip of the needle shaped portion and angled with respect to the surface of the substrate and that the bottomed hole of the needle shaped portion has an opening formed on the angled surface of the needle shaped portion.
A method of manufacturing a needle shaped body, comprising:
- forming a microneedle comprising a substrate and needle shaped portion formed on a surface of the substrate such that the needle shaped portion has a bottomed hole that extends from a tip of the needle shaped portion toward the substrate through the needle shaped portion;
- contacting the tip of the needle shaped portion with a surface of a liquid in an atmosphere at a first pressure lower than atmospheric pressure;
- increasing the first pressure to a second pressure while the tip of the needle shaped portion of the microneedle is in contact with the surface of the liquid such that the liquid is filled into the bottomed hole;
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- freeze-drying the liquid filled in the bottomed hole of the needle shaped portion of the microneedle,
- wherein the second pressure is the atmospheric pressure, and the bottomed hole of the needle shaped portion of the microneedle is configured to be filled with a freeze-dried liquid, the needle shaped portion is formed such that the needle shaped portion satisfies 0.3 mm≤H≤3 mm, 1≤(H/A)≤8, and ¼≤(D/H)≤5, where H is a height of the needle shaped portion from the substrate to the tip of the needle shaped portion, A is a maximum diameter of a cross section of the needle shaped portion perpendicular to an axis of the needle shaped portion, and D is a depth of the bottomed hole from the tip of the needle shaped portion.
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A method of manufacturing a needle shaped body, comprising:
- forming a microneedle comprising a substrate and needle shaped portion formed on a surface of the substrate such that the needle shaped portion has a bottomed hole that extends from the tip of the needle shaped portion toward the substrate through the needle shaped portion;
- contacting the tip of the needle shaped portion with a surface of a liquid in an atmosphere at a first pressure lower than atmospheric pressure;
- increasing the first pressure to a second pressure while the tip of the needle shaped portion of the microneedle is in contact with the surface of the liquid such that the liquid is filled into the bottomed hole;
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- freeze-drying the liquid filled in the bottomed hole of the needle shaped portion of the microneedle,
- wherein the bottomed hole of the needle shaped portion of the microneedle is configured to be filled with a freeze-dried liquid, the needle shaped portion is formed such that the needle shaped portion satisfies 0.3 mm≤H≤3 mm, 1≤(H/A)≤8, and ¼≤(D/H)≤5, where H is a height of the needle shaped portion from the substrate to the tip of the needle shaped portion, A is a maximum diameter of a cross section of the needle shaped portion perpendicular to an axis of the needle shaped portion, and D is a depth of the bottomed hole from the tip of the needle shaped portion, and the microneedle is formed such that the needle shaped portion has an angled surface extending to the tip of the needle shaped portion and angled with respect to the surface of the substrate and that the bottomed hole of the needle shaped portion has an opening formed on the angled surface of the needle shaped portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.