The peeling apart of layered materials is common in nature and has been used by humans
in myriad applications since prehistoric times. Over the past century, a wide range of peel …

Tissue adhesives can form appreciable adhesion with tissues and have found clinical use in
a variety of medical settings such as wound closure, surgical sealants, regenerative …

With the increasing research and development (R&D) difficulty of new molecular entities
(NMEs), novel drug delivery systems (DDSs) are attracting widespread attention. This review …

Transdermal patches are now widely used as cosmetic, topical and transdermal delivery
systems. These patches represent a key outcome from the growth in skin science …

Drug delivery systems are widely researched and developed to improve the delivery of
pharmaceutical compounds and molecules. The last few decades have seen a marked …

Transdermal drug delivery has made an important contribution to medical practice, but has
yet to fully achieve its potential as an alternative to oral delivery and hypodermic injections …

Pay-load deliveries across the skin barrier to the systemic circulation have been one of the
most challenging delivery options. Necessitated requirements of the skin and facilitated skin …

A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a nasal prong
assembly including a pair of nasal prongs structured to sealingly communicate with nasal …

The protective function of human skin imposes physicochemical limitations to the type of
permeant that can traverse the barrier. For a drug to be delivered passively via the skin it …

Hydrogel-forming microarray patches (HF-MAPs) are used to circumvent the skin barrier and
facilitate the noninvasive transdermal delivery of many hydrophilic substances. However …