Week 3
April 21, 2017
The team researched potential medication that would be released through the skin of a patient. One idea considered the magnetic properties of alginate gels; when the patch is initially applied, nothing would occur, but when a magnet is run across the patch, an alginate hydrogel packet will burst, releasing the medication inside it. A problem with this, however, would be creating an alginate structure that could withstand the pressure from applying the patch yet burst when it experienced a magnetic field. Also, the patch would be used in emergency situations where a magnet might not necessarily be at hand. Ultimately, the concept was scrapped and we reverted back to using physical pressure for release.
The materials that were ordered in the past weeks began to arrive, but complications prevented the supplies from making it to today's lab, and the team could not perform any initial testing. Next week before lab, we will meet up to conduct experimentation on our supplies.
The team researched potential medication that would be released through the skin of a patient. One idea considered the magnetic properties of alginate gels; when the patch is initially applied, nothing would occur, but when a magnet is run across the patch, an alginate hydrogel packet will burst, releasing the medication inside it. A problem with this, however, would be creating an alginate structure that could withstand the pressure from applying the patch yet burst when it experienced a magnetic field. Also, the patch would be used in emergency situations where a magnet might not necessarily be at hand. Ultimately, the concept was scrapped and we reverted back to using physical pressure for release.
The materials that were ordered in the past weeks began to arrive, but complications prevented the supplies from making it to today's lab, and the team could not perform any initial testing. Next week before lab, we will meet up to conduct experimentation on our supplies.
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