ArticleiScience2022
Microneedle patch tattoos.
Article in iScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinical evaluation of photochromic nanoparticle tattoo ink: safety, tolerability, and performance of rewritable intradermal implants.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Article
- The construction of the gelatin methacrylate microneedle -encapsulated newcastle disease virus and its antitumor effect in hepatocellular carcinoma.Journal of biological engineering · 2025Article
- Advances in microneedles for transdermal diagnostics and sensing applications.Mikrochimica acta · 2024Review
- Bright Semiconductor Quantum Dots Shed New Light on Precision Nanomedicine for Various Diseases.Small science · 2024Article
- Biotagging method for animal identification using dissolvable microneedle arrays prepared by customisable moulds.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Preparation and Evaluation of Auxiliary Permeable Microneedle Patch Composed of Polyvinyl Alcohol and Eudragit NM30D Aqueous Dispersion.Pharmaceutics · 2023Article
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Abstract
Medical tattoos provide medical information, guide radiotherapy, and improve cosmetic outcomes of medical interventions. These tattoos are administered by repeated needle injection that causes pain, bleeding, and risk of infection, which limit more widespread use. Here, we developed single-use microneedle (MN) patches to deposit tattoos in the skin in a simple, rapid, painless, and bloodless way without biohazardous sharps waste. MN patch tattoos were designed with numbers, letters, symbols, environmentally responsive inks, and QR codes. Colored tattoos, and tattoos only visible with ultraviolet illumination for increased privacy, were developed and retained in the skin for at least one year. These MN patch tattoos recorded medical conditions such as diabetic medical alerts and vaccination status, responded to biophysical cues for possible physiological monitoring, and encoded complex personal health information. MN patches may increase safety and access to medical tattoos for improved fiducial marking, medical information storage, physiological monitoring, and cosmetic outcomes.
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