Microneedles manufactured by semiconductor equipments require many expensive equipments and its manufacturing process is complicated, thus the product will be expensive.
It is impossible to commercialize a microneedle product if its price is high because the microneedles must be disposable for hygienic purposes.
Therefore, the best way to commercialize the microneedle is that first the master mold of a microneedle product
is manufactured with the MEMS technology, then a metal mold is formed by replicating the master mold with electroplating, finally the microneedle product of biocompatible polymer is mass-produced using the metal mold. |
