1 Heating and pressing polymer between a patterned base mould and a Teflon surface
Polymer
Base mould
Teflon
2 Transferring the bases to a new surface and filling them with a drug or vaccine
Polymer
bases
Chosen drug
3 Placing polymer caps on top of the drug- filled cases and sealing by heating them briefly
Caps heat-sealed
onto bases
Cap
mould
By varying the chemical makeup of the polymer, drugs can be released at different points in time
7-day
14-day
21-day
28-day
And delivered in a single injection
1 Heating and pressing polymer between a patterned base mould and a Teflon surface
2 Transferring the bases to a new surface and filling them with a drug or vaccine
Polymer
Base mould
Teflon
Polymer
bases
Chosen drug
By varying the chemical makeup of the polymer, drugs can be released at different points in time
3 Placing polymer caps on top of the drug- filled cases and sealing by heating them briefly
Caps heat-sealed
onto bases
Cap
mould
7-day
14-day
21-day
28-day
And delivered in a single injection