China Plastics ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (11): 76-80.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2024.11.013

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Analysis of optimal molding process for PLA microneedle based on micro injection molding technology

XU Jiawei1, ZHU Jingxian2, HUO Zejun2, GAO Qiang3(), KANG Tingting3, KANG Xiaoya3, ZHUANG Jian3   

  1. 1.Haitian Plastic Machinery Co,Ltd,Ningbo 315821,China
    2.Peking University Third Hospital,Beijing 100191,China
    3.College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,Beijing University of Chemical Technology,Beijing 100029,China
  • Received:2024-02-29 Online:2024-11-26 Published:2024-11-21

Abstract:

In order to improve the production efficiency of polymer microneedles and molding quality, reduce the production cost, and meet the requirement of mass production, a micro injection molding technology was used to prepare the poly(lactic acid) (PLA)⁃based medical and aesthetic microneedle patches. The effects of melt temperature, mold temperature, injection speed, holding pressure, and holding time on the tip diameter of the resultant PLA⁃based microneedles were investigated by an orthogonal experiment, and their morphology, size and mechanical strength were characterized by electron microscopy and dynamometry. Moreover, the skin penetration and penetration experiments in vitro were carried out to verify the penetration and penetration effects of the PLA microneedles. The results indicated that the injection⁃molded PLA microneedles obtained a good molding effect with a minimum tip diameter when the process parameters were set to a melt temperature of 200 ℃, a mold temperature of 45 ℃, an injection speed of 360 mm/s, a holding pressure of 50 MPa, and a holding time of 4 s. Under such a condition, the PLA microneedles achieved a height of 0.524 mm and a tip diameter of 0.027 mm. The needle tip molding was obviously optimal, and the developed microneedles could meet a requirement of performance.

Key words: micro injection molding, polymer microneedle, injection molding process, orthogonal experiment, transdermal penetration

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