Similar to a patch as we know it, except the micro needles do penetrate the skin..it uses a modified version of the technology used for ink jet printers...but this doesn't mean we will be printing patches with ink jets. Each patch will have between 400 and 1000 micro needles. BD
Hewlett-Packard Co. researchers have developed a medical patch that uses thermal inkjet technology found in printers to painlessly administer drugs to a patient The patch uses microneedles to inject drugs just below a patient's skin and can be programmed to precisely control the amount and timing of each dose that is delivered, said John O'Dea, chief executive officer of Crospon Ltd., in Galway, Ireland, which has licensed the patch and plans to develop it into a commercial product.
But the inkjet technology used in the patch isn't exactly the same as that used in HP printers.
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