Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a needle-shaped body, including supplying a first aqueous solution to an intaglio plate, supplying a second aqueous solution to the intaglio plate, drying the first and second aqueous solutions in the intaglio plate such that a dried body is formed on the intaglio plate, and separating the dried body from the intaglio plate such that a needle-shaped body including a needle-shaped projection and a support base which supports the needle-shaped projection is obtained. The intaglio plate includes a recess corresponding to the needle-shaped projection, the first aqueous solution is supplied to fill at least a portion of the recess, the first aqueous solution and the second aqueous solution are immiscible, the first aqueous solution forms a projection side layer in the needle-shaped body, and the second aqueous solution forms a support base side layer on the projection side layer in the needle-shaped body.
Abstract:
A transdermal administration device including an administration member including a substrate having first and second surfaces, and a projection protruding from the first surface, a first adhesive sheet adhered to and extending outward from the second surface, a second adhesive sheet adhered to and extending outward from the first adhesive sheet, and a cover including a main body and a flange extending outward from an edge of the main body. The main body and the flange form a structure body including a remaining portion which includes at least a portion of the flange and is configured to remain on the second adhesive sheet, a tear-off portion which includes at least a portion of the main body and is configured to be separated from the remaining portion, and a tear-off assistance portion configured to facilitate formation of a cut for separating the tear-off portion from the remaining portion.
Abstract:
A microneedle unit includes a microneedle including a facing surface having at least one projection and a support surface opposite to the facing surface, a recessed container having a housing space between an opening and a bottom of the recessed container for housing the microneedle such that the microneedle has the facing surface facing outside of the recessed container through the opening, and an adhering structure having a first contact surface adhered to the bottom of the recessed container and a second contact surface adhered to the support surface of the microneedle. The recessed container is deformable such that the bottom is displaced in the pressing direction, that the at least one projection is displaced in the pressing direction on an outside of the housing space, and that a portion of the second contact surface positioned outside the support surface is pushed toward the outside of the housing space.
Abstract:
A microneedle unit including a microneedle having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the microneedle being flexible and having one or more projections on the first surface, and a support member connected to the second surface of the microneedle such that the support member supports the microneedle. The support member includes an adhesive portion and a rigid portion connected to the adhesive portion, the adhesive portion is adhesive to skin and extends outside of the second surface in plan view of the second surface, and the rigid portion includes a rigid plate which is more rigid than the adhesive portion and the microneedle.
Abstract:
A microneedle unit includes a liquid holder, a microneedle, and a support member. The liquid holder has an enclosure that holds liquid including a substance to be administered. The microneedle has a base body and protrusions extending from the surface of the base body. The protrusions are of a hardness sufficient to pierce the liquid holder. The support member supports the base body in a state such that the microneedle is arranged at a position in which the tips of the protrusions and the enclosure holding the liquid are opposed to each other with a gap provided therebetween. The tips of the protrusions can be displaced to a position where the tips of the protrusions penetrate through the liquid holder in response to an external force applied to the base body.
Abstract:
A method for producing an acicular body having a support base and an acicular protrusion on one surface of the support base includes supplying an acicular body-forming liquid, in which an acicular body-forming material is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, to an intaglio plate having a recess corresponding to a protrusion, under a first pressure environment of not more than 0.05 MPa, changing the first pressure environment of the acicular body-forming liquid supplied to the intaglio plate to a second pressure environment of higher than 0.05 MPa, drying the acicular body-forming liquid supplied to the intaglio plate such that an acicular body is formed, and peeling the acicular body from the intaglio plate.