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Silicon micro-machined projection with duct

  • US 6,815,360 B1
  • Filed: 02/08/2001
  • Issued: 11/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing a silicon micro-needle, the micro-needle having a base adjoining a silicon substrate, a tip remote from said base, and a duct passing from said base to said tip, the method comprising:

  • a. providing a duct in said silicon substrate; and

    subsequently b. selectively removing the substrate from around the duct to provide a micro-needle coincident with the duct.

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