Short-time soluble microneedle
AssigneeCosmed Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
InventorsYing-shu Quan, Fumio Kamiyama
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Abstract
According to the present invention, a microneedle material capable of dissolving in a short-time and being absorbed quickly in order to shorten the application time of the microneedle is provided. A mixture of a water-soluble polymer and one or more saccharides selected from monosaccharides and disaccharides is used as the microneedle material. A systhetic polymer, protein, polysaccharide or a mixture thereof can be preferably used as the water-soluble polymer. Glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, trehalose, or a mixture thereof can be preferably used as the saccharides.
Claims9
A microneedle characterized by using, as a microneedle material, a mixture of a water-soluble polymer and one or more saccharides selected from monosaccharides and disaccharides.
A method for short-time soluble of a microneedle array, using a microneedle comprising, as a material, a mixture of a water-soluble polymer and glucose-based monosaccharides, disaccharides or both of them.
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