AR’s dissolvable film technologies are polymer films that contain reagents or other active materials designed to erode or dissolve at predetermined rates when in contact with a biological fluid or other liquid.
This is an efficient medium for stabilizing sensitive reagents, delivering therapeutic agents, or controlling the flow of fluid through a device. The dissolvable films’ dissolution rates are completely customizable to enable each pre-measured, preservative-free film strip to deliver a specified release over time.
Benefits:
- Tailorable characteristics such as thickness, dissolution rate, texture and tensile strength
- Provides concentrated doses of reagent or therapy within a homogenous film coating
- Dry film format improves reagent/active ingredient stability
- Allows for more efficient use of reagents/active ingredient when compared to other distribution techniques such as spraying
- Provides separation of reagents/active ingredient components
- Enables continuous web processing
Applications:
- Microfluidic cartridge assembly
- Infectious disease diagnosis
- Treatment of chronic conditions through drug delivery
