Patch with octopus-like suckers helps drugs penetrate the skin
An adhesive patch to deliver drugs through the skin mimics octopus tentacles Jihyun Lee et al., ACS Nano journal
An adhesive patch to deliver drugs through the skin mimics octopus tentacles
Jihyun Lee et al., ACS Nano journal 2024
A material covered with octopus-like suckers could provide a simple, needle-free way to deliver drugs or other treatments through the skin.
To develop a less painful alternative to the hypodermic needle, Jihyun Lee at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea and her colleagues designed a rectangular patch made of soft, stretchy and transparent rubber a few centimetres long and wide. One side is smooth, and the other is coated with suction cups, each about 3 millimetres across. Lee says…
