3D-Printed Microneedles for Point-of-Care Biosensing Applications
Misagh Rezapour Sarabi, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Savaş Taşoğlu
Abstract
Microneedles (MNs) are an emerging technology for user-friendly and minimally invasive injection, offering less pain and lower tissue damage in comparison to conventional needles. With their ability to extract body fluids, MNs are among the convenient candidates for developing biosensing setups, where target molecules/biomarkers are detected by the biosensor using the sample collected with the MNs. Herein, we discuss the 3D printing of microneedle arrays (MNAs) toward enabling point-of-care (POC) biosensing applications.
Topics & Concepts
BiosensorNanotechnologyMaterials sciencePoint of careBiomedical engineeringPoint-of-care testingEngineeringMedicineImmunologyNursingAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsNeuroscience and Neural Engineering