WO2014073531A1 - 針状構造体及びその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a needle-like structure in which a plurality of fine needle portions are arranged in an array and a manufacturing method thereof.
- Each needle part of the needle-like structure is required to have a fineness and a tip angle for perforating the skin, and a length for penetrating the drug solution under the skin, and the diameter of the needle part is several ⁇ m to several hundred ⁇ m. It is desirable that The length of the needle portion is desirably a length penetrating the stratum corneum that is the outermost layer of the skin.
- the thickness of the stratum corneum varies slightly depending on the part of the human body, but is about 20 ⁇ m on average.
- an epidermis having a thickness of about 200 ⁇ m to 350 ⁇ m exists under the stratum corneum, and further, a dermis layer in which capillaries are stretched is present under the epidermis.
- the length of the needle part of at least 20 ⁇ m or more is required.
- a needle length of at least 350 ⁇ m or more is required.
- the needle-like structure is generally attempted to be manufactured by processing silicon.
- Silicon is a material widely used in MEMS devices and semiconductor manufacturing, and is inexpensive and excellent in fine workability.
- a silicon oxide film is formed on both sides of a silicon wafer and patterned, crystal anisotropic etching is performed from the front surface, and isotropic etching is performed from the back surface.
- a needle portion having a length of 500 ⁇ m or more and a width of 200 ⁇ m or less can be produced.
- the certainty of blood collection can be increased by making the needle part into an array (see Patent Document 2).
- a manufacturing method has been proposed in which wet etching is performed on a silicon substrate and an etching rate difference for each crystal plane orientation of a single crystal material of silicon is used (see Patent Document 3).
- a method for producing a needle-like structure using a material other than silicon has also been proposed.
- a needle part is formed on one surface of a machined steel plate by a wire cutting method.
- the size and shape of the needle portion to be formed are controlled by changing the angle of upward and downward cutting (see Patent Document 4).
- the material constituting the needle-like structure must not adversely affect the human body even if the damaged needle part remains in the body.
- biocompatible materials such as medical silicone resins, maltose, polylactic acid, and dextran are considered promising (see Patent Document 5).
- a transfer molding method represented by an injection molding method, an imprint method, a casting method, or the like is effective.
- an original plate in which a desired shape is inverted is necessary, and the aspect ratio (height or depth ratio to the width of the structure) is high.
- the manufacturing process is very important.
- the conventional method using wet etching uses a difference in etch rate for each crystal plane orientation, and requires a highly purified single crystal material to produce a needle-like structure.
- the taper angle and the tip angle are defined by the physical properties of the single crystal material. For this reason, it is difficult to design and manufacture the needle part in an appropriate shape and size in consideration of the structure of the skin.
- the manufactured needle part has a truncated pyramid shape having a flat surface at the tip part, and there is a problem that the puncture property of the needle part is deteriorated.
- the filling property increases as the needle portion array density and area increase. There is a problem of lowering.
- the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems.
- the object of the present invention is to appropriately design the size and shape of the distal end portion of the needle portion and to improve the puncture property of the needle portion.
- the object is to provide a needle-like structure that can be improved.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a needle-like structure capable of improving the filling property of a molding material when the needle-like structure is produced by a transfer molding method.
- the invention according to claim 1 includes a plurality of rows of convex portions formed to extend in one direction on the substrate, and a plurality of needle portions formed separately on each of the convex portions.
- This is a needle-like structure.
- Invention of Claim 2 is the needle-like structure of Claim 1, Comprising: One side of the said convex part and one side of the said needle part are formed by the same plane, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. To do.
- a duplication plate having the needle-like structure according to the first aspect as an original plate and having a concave portion corresponding to the convex portion and a groove portion corresponding to the needle portion by transfer molding from the original plate.
- a method for producing a needle-like structure comprising producing the needle-like structure by transfer molding from the duplicate plate.
- the needle-like structure produced by transfer molding from the duplicate plate is formed of a biocompatible material.
- the needle-shaped body forming material for filling the duplicate plate is pressed by a roller, and the roller is extended in the recess. It is characterized by roll forming while moving in the same direction as the direction.
- the first direction is formed by forming a plurality of first linear grooves parallel to each other using a grinding process on the surface portion of the substrate along the first direction.
- a seventh aspect of the invention is the method for manufacturing the needle-like structure according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the grinding process for forming the first and second linear grooves, between the side surface and the tip surface.
- a dicing blade having an inclined surface is used.
- the size and shape of the tip of the needle part can be appropriately designed by forming the needle part on the convex part instead of simply forming the needle part on the flat part,
- the puncture property can be improved.
- the line-shaped concave auxiliary pattern significantly improves the filling property of the material.
- FIG. 1 It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the acicular structure (acicular body original plate) concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the manufacturing process of the acicular structure of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the manufacturing process of the acicular structure of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the manufacturing process of the acicular body replication plate concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the transfer molding process of the acicular structure concerning the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the moving direction of the roller at the time of filling the transfer material into the acicular body replica.
- FIG. 1 It is sectional drawing which shows the moving direction of the roller at the time of filling a transfer material into a needle-like body replication plate. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating to the modification of this invention, and showing an example of the transfer molding method of a needle-like structure.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a needle-like structure (needle-like body original plate) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- reference numeral 11 denotes a support substrate, and a plurality of rows of convex portions 13 are formed on the substrate 11 as auxiliary patterns in a mutually parallel relationship.
- a plurality of quadrangular pyramid shaped needle portions 15 are formed on each convex portion 13.
- the auxiliary pattern of the convex portion 13 has a trapezoidal cross section cut perpendicular to the row direction, and the needle portion 15 has a triangular cross section cut in the row direction and a cross section cut perpendicular to the row direction. And one side of the convex part 13 and one side of the needle part 15 are the same plane.
- the substrate is processed using grinding.
- grinding refers to a processing method that uses a grinding wheel rotating at a high speed to scrape off a workpiece with extremely hard and fine abrasive grains constituting the grinding wheel.
- a dicing blade may be used as the grinding wheel.
- a linear groove may be formed on a substrate to be processed by a dicing blade attached to the tip of a spindle that rotates at high speed.
- the dicing blade is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the disk-shaped support.
- the material of the dicing blade desirably has a high hardness, and generally diamond abrasive grains are often used.
- a diamond wheel in which a dicing blade including diamond abrasive grains is formed on the entire outer peripheral portion of a disk-shaped support may be used. Diamond wheels are widely used in the cutting process of substrates in the semiconductor industry, and are inexpensive and readily available members.
- the cross-sectional shape of the dicing blade is such that the side surface and the tip surface intersect at an angle of 90 ° to form a vertex.
- the dicing blade used in the method for manufacturing the needle-shaped body original plate according to the present embodiment has a side surface, a tip surface, and an inclined surface formed therebetween. The inclination angle of the inclined surface determines the side wall angle of the needle part to be finally formed. As described above, the side wall angle of the formed needle portion can be controlled by the inclined surface of the dicing blade.
- FIG. 2 and 3 are for explaining the manufacturing process of the acicular structure of FIG. 1, FIG. 2 is a sectional view, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view.
- a flat support substrate 11 is prepared.
- the material of the substrate 11 is not particularly limited, and it is desirable to select a material from the viewpoint of processing suitability, material availability, and the like. Specifically, ceramics such as alumina, aluminum nitride, machinable ceramics, crystal materials such as silicon, silicon carbide and quartz, organic materials such as acrylic and polyacetal, metal materials such as nickel and aluminum, and glass, etc. Can be mentioned.
- the surface of the substrate 11 is diced while rotating the dicing blade, and the first linear shape is formed by a predetermined length along the first direction.
- a groove 12 is formed.
- the grinding conditions such as the number of revolutions of the dicing blade and the grinding speed are not particularly limited, and it is desirable to optimize to conditions excellent in workability in consideration of the materials of the dicing blade and the substrate.
- the inclination of the side surface of the first linear groove 12 coincides with the inclination of the inclined surface formed at the tip of the dicing blade.
- adjacent first linear grooves 12 are formed so as to be parallel to the first linear grooves 12.
- another first linear groove 12 is processed next to the first linear groove 12 by a dicing blade.
- the dicing blade may be moved with respect to the first first linear groove 12 so as to overlap a part of the inclined surface.
- the tip portion is not flattened, the tip portion can be sharpened, and this is effective in manufacturing a needle-like structure excellent in puncture properties.
- first linear grooves 12 When a plurality of first linear grooves 12 are processed, it is desirable that dicing is performed in parallel with respect to the first linear grooves 21. Thereby, the adjacent first linear grooves 12 are formed. Between adjacent first linear grooves 12, an inclined surface of the dicing blade when forming one first linear groove 12, and a dicing blade when forming the other first linear groove 12 Since the apex of the tip end portion is formed by overlapping with the inclined surface, a line-shaped convex portion 13 having a sharp tip end shape is formed as shown in FIG.
- the height of the row-like convex portions 13 is determined by the dicing depth, the angle of the tip inclined surface of the dicing blade, and the distance between the adjacent first linear grooves 12.
- the width of the first linear groove 12 is widened by shifting the dicing blade in parallel. Further, in the same manner as described above, another convex portion 13 is formed as shown in FIG.
- a desired number of the row-like convex portions 13 are formed, and a substrate having a plurality of row-like convex portions 13 having a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape formed on the surface is obtained.
- the number of rows of needles in the produced needle-like structure is determined by the number of row-shaped convex portions 13 formed.
- a plurality of second linear grooves 14 are provided along a second direction intersecting with the first linear grooves 12.
- the plurality of second linear grooves 14 are formed in the same manner as the method of providing the first linear grooves 12. Can be formed.
- the intersection angle between the plurality of first linear grooves 12 and the plurality of second linear grooves 14 is equal to the rotation angle of the substrate.
- the dicing depth, the angle of the tip inclined surface of the dicing blade, and the overlapping distance of the plurality of second linear grooves 14 are adjusted, and the plurality of first lines are adjusted. It is necessary to form a needle portion having a height smaller than the height of the line-shaped convex portion formed by the groove 12.
- the row-shaped convex portions 13 in which the second linear grooves 14 are processed have a shape in which the needle portions 15 and the row-shaped convex portions 13 are integrally molded. Due to the characteristics of the processing method, a part of the side surfaces of the needle portion 15 and the row-shaped convex portion 13 are formed by the same surface.
- the second linear groove 14 is provided, and in some cases, the convex portion 13 remains around the obtained needle portion 15. If it is necessary to remove this, the convex portion 13 may be removed by dicing.
- isotropic etching In order to sharpen the tip portion of the obtained needle portion 15, isotropic etching may be performed.
- isotropic etching is defined as including not only etching showing complete isotropic property but also etching having a strong isotropic tendency showing a slightly anisotropic tendency. .
- isotropic etching By performing isotropic etching, the tip of the needle portion 15 can be sharpened without being limited to the crystal orientation plane of the substrate.
- the method of isotropic etching is not particularly limited, and for example, it is performed using a dry etching apparatus using a discharge method such as RIE, magnetron RIE, ECR, ICP, NLD, microwave, helicon wave, or the like. it can.
- dry etching may be performed using a gas such as XeF 2 .
- the needle portion 15 is isotropically reduced by a certain distance. By performing isotropic etching in this way, the shape of the needle portion 15 can be adjusted to make it easier to puncture.
- the plurality of convex portions 13 having a triangular cross section perpendicular to the first direction are formed. Then, by forming the second linear groove 14 shallower than the first linear groove 12 along the second direction, a plurality of cross sections perpendicular to the second direction on the convex portion 13 are triangular.
- the needle portion 15 can be formed. Thereby, a needle-like structure in which the needle portions 15 are arranged in an array can be produced.
- the produced needle-like structure does not simply form the needle part 15 on the flat part, but forms the needle part 15 on the convex part 13, so that the puncture property to the skin can be improved. .
- the needle part 15 can be formed by grinding instead of wet etching, it can be processed into an appropriate shape and size.
- only the second linear groove 14 needs to be strictly controlled, so that the needle portion 15 is formed on the flat portion. There is also an advantage that processing becomes easy.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the manufacturing process of the acicular replica.
- the acicular body original plate 10 produced in the first embodiment is prepared.
- a filling layer 26 is formed on the acicular body original plate 10.
- the material of the filling layer 26 is not particularly limited, and a material that takes into consideration the shape following ability to function as a duplicate plate, transfer production in transfer processing molding described later, durability, and releasability can be selected.
- nickel, a thermosetting silicone resin, or the like may be used as the filling layer.
- examples of the method for forming the filling layer 26 include plating, PVD, and CVD.
- the replica plate is prepared by peeling the needle-shaped body original plate 10 from the filling layer 26.
- This duplicate plate is a reversal pattern of the needle-like body original plate 10, and a row-shaped concave portion 23 corresponding to the row-shaped convex portion 13 on the surface portion of the substrate 21 and a groove portion 25 corresponding to the needle portion 15 in the concave portion 23. It will have.
- peeling method of the filling layer 26 and the acicular body original plate 10 peeling by a physical peeling force or a selective etching method can be used.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the manufacturing process of the needle-like structure.
- a needle-like replica 20 produced in the second embodiment is prepared.
- the needle-shaped body forming material 36 is filled on the duplicate plate 20.
- the needle-shaped body forming material 36 is not particularly limited, but a needle-shaped structure that can be applied to a living body is formed by using a biocompatible material such as medical silicone resin, maltose, polylactic acid, dextran, and sugar. it can. If a biocompatible material is used, even if the needle-like portion is broken and left in the body, there is an effect that it is harmless.
- the filling method of the needle-shaped body forming material 36 is not limited, but a roll molding method is particularly desirable.
- an imprint method, a hot embossing method, an injection molding method, an extrusion molding method, and a casting method can be suitably used.
- the moving direction of the roller 40 is set along the direction in which the recesses 23 are arranged. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 7, when the roller 40 is pressed against the resin 36, the recess 23 becomes a resin escape path, and the resin 36 can be satisfactorily filled in the groove 25. That is, since the concave portion 23 as an auxiliary pattern serves as a material flow path, the material filling property into the groove portion 25 is thereby improved.
- the needle-shaped body forming material 36 is released from the duplicate plate 20 to obtain the transferred needle-shaped structure 30.
- the shape of the obtained needle-like structure 30 has a row of convex portions 33 on the substrate 31 and a plurality of needle portions 35 on the convex portion 33. That is, it is substantially the same as that shown in FIG.
- a release layer for increasing the mold release effect may be formed on the surface of the duplicate plate 20 before filling with the needle-shaped body forming material 36.
- the release layer for example, a widely known fluorine-based resin can be used.
- thin film formation methods such as PVD method, CVD method, a spin coat method, a dip coat method, can be used suitably.
- the material filling property of the molding material when the needle-like structure is produced by the transfer molding method.
- the material filling property is remarkably improved by the presence of the recesses 23. Therefore, sufficient fillability can be maintained even if the array density and area increase increase.
- a large amount of needle-like structures can be manufactured with high dimensional accuracy.
- the manufacturing method of the acicular structure of this embodiment is not limited to said embodiment, The other well-known method which can be estimated in each process shall also be included.
- the duplicate plate 20 is attached to one roller 41 and resin 36 is supplied onto the other roller 42. , 42 can be filled in the resin 36 by rotating them close to each other.
- a row of concave portions is formed over the outer periphery of the roller, and a needle-like structure can be produced by a roll-to-roll method.
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram of the needle-like structure of the present invention.
- 9A is a perspective view
- FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view seen from the X direction
- FIG. 9C is a cross-sectional view seen from the Y direction.
- the height h 1 of the needle portion 15 is preferably in the range of 100 ⁇ m or more and 2000 ⁇ m or less.
- the height of the needle part is appropriately designed according to the purpose such as to which part of the skin to pierce.
- the height h 2 of the convex portion 13 is in the range of 0.2 ⁇ H to 0.8 H, where H is the sum of the height h 1 of the needle portion 15 and the height h 2 of the convex portion 13. It is preferable to be within. If the height h 2 of the protrusions is less than 0.2 ⁇ H is the effect of the needle-like structure of the present invention may not be a sufficient. On the other hand, if the height h 2 of the convex portion exceeds 0.8 ⁇ H, the strength of the needle-like structures is reduced.
- the tip angle of the needle portion 15 is within the range of 10 ° or more and 70 ° or less for both the tip angle ⁇ 1 when viewed in cross section from the X direction and the tip angle ⁇ 2 when viewed in cross section from the Y direction. Is preferred. More preferably, the tip angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 are both in the range of 20 ° to 60 °.
- the tip angle of the needle part is appropriately designed in consideration of the state of puncture into the skin.
- substrate 11 of the acicular structure of this invention is 1 cm ⁇ 2 > or more. More preferably, it is 5 cm 2 or more.
- the acicular structure and the method for producing the acicular structure of the present invention exhibit higher effects when the size of the substrate is increased.
- FIG. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a needle-like structure (Modification 1) of the present invention.
- 10A is a perspective view
- FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional view seen from the X direction
- FIG. 10C is a cross-sectional view seen from the Y direction.
- the needle portion is not only a regular quadrangular pyramid, but also the width of the bottom surface of the needle portion is different.
- the width L 1 of the bottom surface of the needle portion 14 when viewed in cross section in the X direction is greater than the width L 2 of the bottom surface of the needle portion 15 when viewed in cross section from the Y direction (L 1> L 2).
- FIG. 11 shows a schematic diagram of a needle-like structure (Modification 2) of the present invention.
- 11A is a perspective view
- FIG. 11B is a cross-sectional view seen from the X direction
- FIG. 11C is a cross-sectional view seen from the Y direction.
- the needle-like structure (Modification 2) of the present invention shown in FIG. 11 has an angle ⁇ 1 formed between the side surface of the needle portion 15 and the top surface of the convex portion 13 when viewed in cross section from the Y direction. Is larger than the angle ⁇ 2 formed between the side surface of the convex portion 13 and the support substrate 11 ( ⁇ 1 > ⁇ 2 ).
- the needle-like structure shown in FIG. 11 has a larger number of manufacturing steps than the needle-like structure shown in FIG.
- the filling of the molding material can be made excellent.
- the tip angle of the needle portion is reduced for the purpose of improving the puncture property to the skin, the filling property of the molding material is further lowered.
- the problem of a decrease in the filling property of the molding material can be solved.
- FIG. 12 shows a schematic diagram of a needle-like structure (Modification 3) of the present invention.
- 12A is a perspective view
- FIG. 12B is a cross-sectional view seen from the X direction
- FIG. 12C is a cross-sectional view seen from the Y direction.
- the angle ⁇ 1 formed between the side surface of the needle portion 15 and the top surface of the convex portion 13 when viewed in cross section from the Y direction is viewed from cross section from the Y direction. Is smaller than the angle ⁇ 2 formed between the side surface of the convex portion 13 and the support substrate 11 ( ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ).
- FIG. 13 shows a schematic diagram of a needle-like structure (Modification 4) of the present invention.
- 13A is a perspective view
- FIG. 13B is a cross-sectional view seen from the X direction
- FIG. 13C is a cross-sectional view seen from the Y direction.
- the convex portion 13 when viewed in cross section from the Y direction is rectangular.
- FIG. 14 shows a schematic diagram of a needle-like structure (Modification 5) of the present invention.
- 14A is a perspective view
- FIG. 14B is a cross-sectional view seen from the X direction
- FIG. 14C is a cross-sectional view seen from the Y direction.
- the width L2 of the bottom surface of the needle portion 15 when viewed in cross section from the Y direction is the same as that of the bottom surface of the needle portion when viewed in cross section from the Y direction. It is smaller than the width L3.
- the width L 2 of the bottom surface of the needle portion 15 when viewed in cross section from the Y direction is preferably in the range of L 3 ⁇ 0.6 or more and L 3 or less. If it is out of the above range, the effect of the present invention may not be sufficient.
- one side surface of the convex portion and one side surface of the needle portion are flush with each other, but the needle-like structure of the present invention does not necessarily have to be flush with each other.
- the grinding process is performed from only one direction for the processing of the needle part.
- the inclination of the side surface of the needle part is changed to the convex part. It can be made steeper than the inclination of the side surface. This is effective when making the tip of the needle part have a sharper angle.
- the first direction for forming the first linear groove and the second direction for forming the second linear groove do not necessarily need to be orthogonal to each other. If it is what.
- Example 1 First, the manufacturing process of the acicular body original plate will be described with reference to FIG.
- the dicing blade of Example 1 used was processed into a shape having an inclined surface.
- the thickness of the dicing blade was 1 mm
- the tip surface was 200 ⁇ m wide
- the angle formed between the side surface and the inclined surface was 160 °.
- the inclination angle of the inclined surface determines the side wall angle of the needle-like structure finally formed.
- the inclination of the inclined surface of the tip portion of the dicing blade in this embodiment was selected to be 160 °.
- an alumina substrate was used as the support substrate 11.
- a step of forming the first linear groove 12 on the surface of the alumina substrate 11 was performed by dicing using the dicing blade.
- an alumina substrate 11 having a square with a side of 100 mm and a thickness of 3 mm is prepared, and the surface of the alumina substrate 11 is diced to a depth of 300 ⁇ m while rotating a dicing blade to form a groove having a length of 100 mm. did.
- the first linear groove 12 was formed.
- the width of the upper opening of the first linear groove 12 was about 418 ⁇ m and the depth was 600 ⁇ m.
- the inclination of the side surface of the first linear groove 12 corresponds to the inclination of the inclined surface formed at the tip of the dicing blade. In the present embodiment, the inclination between the surface of the alumina substrate 11 and the side surface of the first linear groove 12. The angle formed was 110 °.
- a groove was processed by a dicing blade next to the first linear groove 12 under the same conditions as the first linear groove 12.
- the dicing blade worked the groove so as to overlap the first linear groove 12 by a width of 100 ⁇ m.
- the first linear groove 12 was ground in parallel.
- the first linear groove 12 having a depth of 600 ⁇ m and a length of 100 mm was formed adjacent to the first linear groove 12.
- tip shape was sharpened was formed.
- the first linear grooves 12 were sequentially formed, and a substrate having a desired number of protrusions 13 formed in a plurality of rows was obtained. In this example, a total of 251 first linear grooves 12 were produced. As a result, 250 rows of convex portions 13 were formed. The height of the row-shaped convex portions 13 was 324 ⁇ m, the root width was 236 ⁇ m, and the tip angle was 40 °.
- the alumina substrate 11 is rotated by 90 °, the processing depth is made 162 ⁇ m shallower than the step of the first linear groove 12, and the second linear groove 24 is the same as the first linear groove 12.
- the dicing process was performed for 250 pieces.
- the needle body original plate 10 was obtained in which a total of 62,500 needle portions 15 were uniformly arranged on the 100 mm alumina substrate 11 at a pitch of 400 ⁇ m on the row of convex portions 13.
- the needle portion 15 obtained at this time has a quadrangular pyramid shape, the tip angle is 40 °, the height is 162 ⁇ m, and the width of one side of the bottom surface is 118 ⁇ m.
- a duplicate plate 20 was made from the needle-like body original plate 10, and a process of performing transfer processing molding was performed.
- a nickel film as the filling layer 26 was formed on the surface of the needle body original plate 10 by plating.
- the nickel film 26 was peeled off from the acicular body original plate 10 to produce a duplicate plate 20. It was confirmed that the duplicate plate 20 was provided with a row of concave portions 23 in which the row of convex portions 13 were inverted.
- the replication plate 20 was filled with an epoxy resin as the needle-shaped body forming material 36 by a roll molding method.
- the needle-shaped structure 30 made of an epoxy resin was obtained as a result of pressure molding using a laminator device in the same direction as the row of recesses 23.
- the obtained needle-shaped structure made of epoxy resin is a needle-shaped structure in which a large number of needle portions 35 are arranged on the row of convex portions 33.
- the height h 2 of the convex portion 33 was 159 ⁇ m.
- the needle portion 35 had tip angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 of 40 °, a height h 1 of 159 ⁇ m, and a width of one side of the bottom of 115 ⁇ m. Further, in the obtained needle-like structure, one side surface of the convex portion 33 and one side surface of the needle portion 35 are formed on the same plane. In the obtained needle-like structure, it was confirmed that the needle part was molded to the tip.
- a needle-shaped original plate having the same design (a quadrangular pyramid, a tip angle of 40 °, a needle height of 162 ⁇ m, and a width of one side of the bottom of 118 ⁇ m) without the row of convex portions 13 is produced and replicated A plate was prepared.
- the roll molding method was carried out under the same conditions as described above, the filling property of the epoxy resin was poor and the needle part could not be formed up to the tip part.
- the auxiliary pattern of the concave portion arranged in the duplicate plate contributes to the improvement of moldability.
- Example 2 The duplicate plate made of nickel produced in Example 1 was used as the duplicate plate. As shown in FIG. 5, the replica plate was heated, and the replica plate 20 was filled with the polypropylene resin as the needle-shaped body forming material 36 by a roll molding method. When filling, the needle-shaped structure 30 made of polypropylene resin was obtained as a result of pressure molding using a laminator device in the same direction as the row of recesses 23. The obtained needle-like structure made of polypropylene resin is a needle-like structure in which a large number of needle portions 35 are arranged on the row-shaped convex portions 33. At this time, the height h 2 of the convex portion 33 was 159 ⁇ m.
- the needle portion 35 had tip angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 of 40 °, a height h 1 of 159 ⁇ m, and a width of one side of the bottom of 115 ⁇ m. Further, in the obtained needle-like structure, one side surface of the convex portion 33 and one side surface of the needle portion 35 are formed on the same plane. In the obtained needle-like structure, it was confirmed that the needle part was molded to the tip.
- the needle-like structure of the present invention is not only medical, The present invention can be applied to various fields that require a fine needle part, and can be used, for example, for MEMS devices, optical members, drug discovery, cosmetics, and cosmetic applications.
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請求項2に記載の発明は、請求項1に記載の針状構造体であって、前記凸部の一側面と前記針部の一側面とが、同一平面によって形成されていることを特徴とする。
請求項3に記載の発明は、請求項1に記載の針状構造体を原版とし、該原版からの転写成型によって前記凸部に対応する凹部及び前記針部に対応する溝部を有する複製版を作製し、前記複製版からの転写成型によって針状構造体を作製することを特徴とする針状構造体の製造方法である。
請求項4に記載の発明は、請求項3に記載の針状構造体の製造方法において、前記複製版からの転写成型によって作製する針状構造体を生体適合性材料で形成することを特徴とする。
請求項5に記載の発明は、請求項3記載の針状構造体の製造方法において、前記複製版に充填するための針状体形成材料をローラにより押し付け、且つ該ローラを前記凹部の延在方向と同一方向に移動しながらロール成型することを特徴とする。
請求項6に記載の発明は、基板の表面部に対し、研削加工を用いて互いに平行な複数の第1の線状溝を第1の方向に沿って形成することにより、前記第1の方向に垂直に切った断面が三角形状の複数の凸部を形成する工程と、前記各凸部に対し、研削加工を用いて前記第1の方向と交差する第2の方向に沿って互いに平行な複数の第2の線状溝を前記第1の線状溝よりも浅く形成することにより、前記第2の方向に垂直に切った断面が三角形の複数の針部を形成する工程と、を含むことを特徴とする針状構造体の製造方法である。
請求項7に記載の発明は、請求項6に記載の針状構造体の製造方法において、前記第1及び第2の線状溝を形成するための研削加工において、側面と先端面との間に傾斜面を有するダイシングブレードを用いたことを特徴とする。
<針状体原版の製造方法>
図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態に係わる針状構造体(針状体原版)の概略構成を示す斜視図である。
<針状体複製版の製造方法>
次に、上述の方法によって製造された針状体原版に充填層を形成し、充填層を針状体原版から剥離することで、針状体複製版を形成する。
<針状構造体の転写成型方法>
次に、上述の方法によって製造された針状体複製版に針状体形成材料を形成し、針状体形成材料を複製版から剥離することで、針状構造体を形成する。
本発明の針状構造体にあっては、針部15の高さh1は、100μm以上2000μm以下の範囲内であることが好ましい。針部の高さは、皮膚のどの部位まで穿孔するかといった目的に応じて適宜設計される。
また、凸部13の高さh2は、針部15の高さh1と凸部13の高さh2の合計をHとした際に、0.2×H以上0.8H以下の範囲内であることが好ましい。凸部の高さh2が0.2×Hに満たない場合には、本発明の針状構造体の効果を十分なものとすることができない場合がある。一方、凸部の高さh2が0.8×Hを上回る場合には、針状構造体の強度が低下する場合がある。
また、針部15の先端角は、X方向からの断面視した際の先端角θ1、Y方向から断面視した際の先端角θ2ともに、10°以上70°以下の範囲内であることが好ましい。さらに好ましくは、先端角θ1およびθ2ともに20°以上60°以下の範囲内であることが好ましい。針部の先端角は、皮膚への穿刺の具合を考慮して適宜設計される。
また、本発明の針状構造体の基板11の大きさは、1cm2以上であることが好ましい。さらに好ましくは5cm2以上であることが好ましい。本発明の針状構造体及び針状構造体の製造方法は基板の大きさを大きくした際に、より高い効果を発揮する。
図10に示した本発明の針状構造体(変形例1)は、針部は正四角錐だけでなく、針部の底面の幅の長さが異なる。
このとき、X方向から断面視した際の針部14の底面の幅L1は、Y方向から断面視した際の針部15の底面の幅L2よりも大きい(L1>L2)。
X方向から断面視した際の針部15の底面の幅L1をY方向から断面視した際の針部15の底面の幅L2以上とすることにより、さらに成形材料の充填を優れたものとすることができる。
図11に示した本発明の針状構造体(変形例2)は、Y方向から断面視した際の針部15側面と凸13部上面のなす角φ1が、Y方向から断面視した際の凸部13側面と支持基板11のなす角φ2よりも大きい(φ1>φ2)。
図11に示した針状構造体は、図9に示した針状構造体よりも作製工程数が増加するものの、成形材料の充填を優れたものとすることができる。皮膚への穿刺性を向上させることを目的として針部の先端角を小さくした場合、成形材料の充填性はさらに低下する。図11に示した針状構造体にすることにより、成形材料の充填性の低下という問題を解消することができる。
図12に示した本発明の針状構造体(変形例3)は、Y方向から断面視した際の針部15側面と凸部13上面のなす角φ1が、Y方向から断面視した際の凸部13側面と支持基板11のなす角φ2よりも小さい(φ1<φ2)。
図13に示した本発明の針状構造体(変形例4)は、Y方向から断面視した際の凸部13が長方形である。
図14に示した本発明の針状構造体(変形例5)は、Y方向から断面視した際の針部15の底面の幅L2が、Y方向から断面視した際の針部の底面の幅L3よりも小さい。
本発明の針状構造体において、Y方向から断面視した際の針部15の底面の幅L2は、L3×0.6以上L3以下の範囲内であることが好ましい。上記範囲外の場合は、本発明の効果を十分なものとすることができなくなる場合がある。
まず、針状体原版の製造工程について、前記図3を用いて説明を行う。本実施例1のダイシングブレードは、傾斜面を有する形状に加工されたものを使用した。ダイシングブレードの厚みは1mm、先端面が幅200μmであり、側面と傾斜面との成す角度が160°であった。傾斜面の傾斜角度は、最終的に形成される針状構造体の側壁角度を決定する。
最終的に形成される四角錐形状の針部の先端角度を40°とするために、本実施例におけるダイシングブレード先端部の傾斜面の傾きは160°を選択した。また、支持基板11としてアルミナ基板を用いた。
第1の線状溝12の側面の傾きは、ダイシングブレードの先端に形成された傾斜面の傾きに対応し、本実施例ではアルミナ基板11の表面と第1の線状溝12の側面との成す角度は110°となった。
列状の凸部13の高さは、324μm、根元の幅は236μm、先端角度は40°であった。
複製版は、実施例1で作製したニッケル製の複製版を用いた。
図5に示すように、複製版を加熱し、ロール成型法によって、針状体形成材料36あるポリプロピレン樹脂を、複製版20に充填した。充填する際に、列状の凹部23と同一方向にラミネータ装置を用いて加圧成型した結果、ポリプロピレン樹脂から成る針状構造体30を得た。得られたポリプロピレン樹脂製の針状構造体は、列状の凸部33上に、多数の針部35が配置されている針状構造体である。このとき、凸部33の高さh2は159μmとなった。針部35は、先端角θ1およびθ2が40°、高さh1が159μm、底辺の一辺の幅が115μmとなった。また、得られた針状構造体は、凸部33の一側面と針部35の一側面とが、同一平面によって形成されている。得られた針状構造体において、針部が先端まで成形されている様子が確認された。
微細な針部を必要とする様々な分野に適用可能であり、例えばMEMSデバイス、光学部材、創薬、化粧品、美容用途などに用いることも可能である。
11…アルミナ基板(支持基板)
12…第1の線状溝
13…凸部(補助パターン)
14…第2の線状溝
15…針部
20…針状体複製版
21…基板
23…溝部
25…凹部(補助パターン)
26…ニッケル膜(充填層)
30…針状構造体
31…基板
33…凸部
35…針部
36…エポキシ樹脂(針状体形成材料)
40,41,42…ローラ
Claims (7)
- 基板上に一方向に延在して形成された複数列の凸部と、
前記各凸部上に離間して形成された複数の針部と、
を具備したことを特徴とする針状構造体。 - 前記凸部の一側面と前記針部の一側面とが、同一平面によって形成されていることを特徴とする請求項1記載の針状構造体。
- 請求項1に記載の針状構造体を原版として用い、該原版からの転写成型によって前記凸部に対応する凹部及び前記針部に対応する溝部を有する複製版を作製し、前記複製版からの転写成型によって針状構造体を作製することを特徴とする、針状構造体の製造方法。
- 前記複製版からの転写成型によって作製する針状構造体を、生体適合性材料で形成することを特徴とする請求項3に記載の針状構造体の製造方法。
- 前記複製版に充填するための針状体形成材料をローラにより押し付け、且つ該ローラを前記凹部の延在方向と同一方向に移動しながらロール成型することを特徴とする請求項3記載の針状構造体の製造方法。
- 基板の表面部に対し、研削加工を用いて互いに平行な複数の第1の線状溝を第1の方向に沿って形成することにより、前記第1の方向に垂直に切った断面が三角形状の複数の凸部を形成する工程と、
前記各凸部に対し、研削加工を用いて前記第1の方向と交差する第2の方向に沿って互いに平行な複数の第2の線状溝を前記第1の線状溝よりも浅く形成することにより、前記第2の方向に垂直に切った断面が三角形の複数の針部を形成する工程と、
を含むことを特徴とする針状構造体の製造方法。 - 前記第1及び第2の線状溝を形成するための研削加工において、側面と先端面との間に傾斜面を有するダイシングブレードを用いたことを特徴とする請求項6に記載の針状構造体の製造方法。
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