Project description
A needle-free drug delivery system
Administering macromolecular drugs, like insulin or heparin, often requires invasive methods such as needle-injections or cannula-infusions, causing discomfort. Alternatives to needles struggle to transfer large molecules through the skin, making treatments less efficient. A non-invasive solution is needed. In this context, the EIC-funded SONOPHORESIS SMARTPATCH project developed a needle-free wearable that uses ultrasound waves (sonophoresis) to temporarily enlarge skin pores, enabling the safe and efficient delivery of multiple different drugs. It offers a wearable, sustainable and standardisable administration of subcutaneously delivered drugs, increasing patient comfort and therefore adherence, to improve treatment results and reduce costs and waste.
Objective
Wearable SmartPatch is a unique needle-free drug delivery solution, based on a patented electronic system, that opens skin pores temporarily to deliver macromolecular drugs. It generates sound waves (Sonophoresis) that increase the size of the skin pores without pain or damage and passes drugs like insulin, heparin, or EPO (>50KDa) through, reaching the hypodermis and capillary vessels, without altering the pharmacokinetic profile of the drug.
It has a durable part with 3-year warranty including the ultrasound generator, electronics, and battery, and a disposable and recyclable piece that encloses the adhesive and the drug reservoir with up to 2mL (average for 3 days of treatment), changeable in less than 2 minutes.
The device can vary both the absorption rate and the depth reached depending on programmed stimulation parameters, which allows adaptation to different skin types and therapeutic uses. Our tests have shown absorption rates of at least 0,05 mL/minute on a 1 cm2 pig skin area
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HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC)
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28001 MADRID
Spain
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