Method Of Coating Microneedle
First Claim
1. A method of coating microneedles comprising the steps of filling a coating solution on a mask plate having apertures into the apertures using a filling means, and inserting microneedles of a microneedle device to the apertures filled with the coating solution to coat the microneedles.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of coating microneedles by which the microneedles mounted on a microneedle device are coated accurately and easily in a mass-producible manner. In this method, a microneedle device (22) with a plurality of microneedles (21) is mounted on a table (23), while a mask plate (25) with a plurality of apertures (24) is fixed to a frame member (26), and a coating solution (27) is drawn in the direction of arrow A on the mask plate (25) using a spatula (28) to fill the apertures (24) with the coating solution. The microneedles (21) are inserted in the apertures (24) before or after the filling of the apertures (24) with the coating solution (27) to coat the microneedles (21).
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- 1. A method of coating microneedles comprising the steps of filling a coating solution on a mask plate having apertures into the apertures using a filling means, and inserting microneedles of a microneedle device to the apertures filled with the coating solution to coat the microneedles.
- 2. A method of coating microneedles comprising the steps of inserting microneedles of a microneedle device to apertures formed on a mask plate, and filling a coating solution on the mask plate into the apertures using a filling means to coat the microneedles.
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