Micro-needle array unit

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a micro-needle array unit that can be miniaturized and can sufficiently puncture the skin even in a case of being pressed by a finger. According to the present invention, provided is a micro-needle array unit including a micro-needle array which has a sheet and a plurality of needles arranged inside an outer peripheral surface of one surface of the sheet; a container which accommodates the micro-needle array and includes an accommodating portion having an opening and protrusions that support the outer peripheral surface of the micro-needle array, a deformable portion disposed on a side opposite to the opening and integrated with the accommodating portion, and a flange portion that is integrated with the accommodating portion and brought into contact with a skin; a lid which seals the opening of the container; and a three-dimensional puncture instrument which has two vertically different areas, in which in a case where an external force applied in a direction of the opening by a smaller area between two vertically different areas of the puncture instrument is received, the deformable portion is deformed, and the other surface of the micro-needle array is pressed, the micro-needle array deforms the protrusions and is pushed out of the accommodating portion due to the pressing of the other surface, and the deformable portion presses the micro-needle array while maintaining a deformed state thereof.

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