ReviewNano convergence2018
Functionalized microneedles for continuous glucose monitoring.
Review in Nano convergence, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Non-Invasive Technologies in Wearable Glucose Monitoring: A Structured Overview for the Future.Biosensors · 2026Review
- Microneedle Strategies for Diabetic Wound Management: A Comprehensive Review of Materials, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Outcomes.Materials today. Advances · 2026Article
- Structurally Engineered All-Polymeric Microneedle Sensor for Highly Sensitive and Real-Time Monitoring of Glucose in Interstitial Fluids.ACS sensors · 2025Article
- Flexible and Stretchable Microneedle Electrode Arrays by Soft Lithography for Continuous Monitoring of Glucose.Biosensors · 2025Article
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- A comprehensive review on electromagnetic wave based non-invasive glucose monitoring in microwave frequencies.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Microneedles in Advanced Microfluidic Systems: A Systematic Review throughout Lab and Organ-on-a-Chip Applications.Pharmaceutics · 2023Review
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- Microneedle-based devices for point-of-care infectious disease diagnostics.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2021Review
- Optimization of the fused deposition modeling-based fabrication process for polylactic acid microneedles.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2021Article
- Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring Technology: A Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Microneedles Drug Delivery Systems for Treatment of Cancer: A Recent Update.Pharmaceutics · 2020Review
- Design of an ELC resonator-based reusable RF microfluidic sensor for blood glucose estimation.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Engineering Microneedles for Therapy and Diagnosis: A Survey.Micromachines · 2020Review
- Correction to: Functionalized microneedles for continuous glucose monitoring.Nano convergence · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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2 authors.
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Abstract
Microneedles (MNs) have been established as promising medical devices as they are minimally invasive, cause less pain, and can be utilized for self-administration of drugs by patients. There has been rapid development in MNs for transdermal monitoring and diagnostic systems, following the active research on fabrication methods and applications for drug delivery. In this paper, recent investigations on bio-sensing using MNs are reviewed in terms of the applicability to continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS), which is one of the main research focuses of medical engineering technologies. The trend of the functionalized MNs can be categorized as follows: (i) as a sensing probe, and (ii) as a biological fluid collector. MNs as in vivo sensors are mainly integrated or coated with conductive materials to have the function as electrodes. MNs as fluid collectors are given a certain geometrical design, such as a hollow and porous structure aided by a capillary action or negative pressure, to extract the interstitial fluids or blood for ex vivo analysis. For realization of CGMS with MNs, a long-term accurate measurement by the MN-based sensing probe or a fluidic connection between the MN-based fluid collector and the existing microfluidic measurement systems should be investigated.
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