Stretch-Triggered Drug Delivery from Wearable Elastomer Films Containing Therapeutic Depots

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• 作者：Jin Di ; Shanshan Yao ; Yanqi Ye ; Zheng Cui ; Jicheng Yu ; Tushar K. Ghosh ; Yong Zhu ; Zhen Gu
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 22, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：9
• 期：9
• 页码：9407-9415
• 全文大小：641K
• ISSN：1936-086X

文摘

Mechanical force-based stimulus provides a simple and easily accessible manner for spatiotemporally controlled drug delivery. Here we describe a wearable, tensile strain-triggered drug delivery device consisting of a stretchable elastomer and microgel depots containing drug loaded nanoparticles. By applying a tensile strain to the elastomer film, the release of drug from the microdepot is promoted due to the enlarged surface area for diffusion and Poisson鈥檚 ratio-induced compression on the microdepot. Correspondingly, both sustained drug release by daily body motions and pulsatile release by intentional administration can be conveniently achieved. Our work demonstrated that the tensile strain, applied to the stretchable device, facilitated release of therapeutics from microdepots for anticancer and antibacterial treatments. Moreover, polymeric microneedles were further integrated with the stretch-responsive device for transcutaneous delivery of insulin and regulation of blood glucose levels of chemically induced type 1 diabetic mice.