great article Meir.
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> Subject: HP's inkjet tech seeks to replace
> hypodermic needles | CNET News.com
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> HP's inkjet tech seeks to replace hypodermic needles
>
> By Michael Kanellos
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http://news.com.com/HPs+inkjet+tech+seeks+to+replace+hypodermic+needles/2100-113
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> Story last modified Tue Sep 11 00:05:02 PDT 2007
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> What else can inkjet technology be used for?
> Injecting drugs into humans,
> according to Hewlett-Packard.
> The company is licensing a medical patch it has
> developed to Ireland's Crospon
> that potentially can replace hypodermic needles or
> pills for delivering vaccines
> or other types of medication to patients. The patch
> contains up to 90,000
> microneedles per square inch, microprocessors and a
> thermal unit.
>
> Medications contained in the patch are heated and
> then injected through the
> needles. Processors can monitor drug delivery,
> deliver doses over extended
> periods of time or deliver drugs in response to a
> patient's vital signs (e.g.,
> blood pressure or heart rate), depending on how it
> is programmed.
>
> "You can have combinations of different drugs
> delivered at different times,"
> said Joe Beyers, vice president of HP's intellectual
> property licensing group.
>
> Nicotine patches work by letting the skin absorb
> chemicals. By penetrating the
> skin with microscopic needles, the patch can,
> ideally, deliver dosages in a more
> controlled fashion.
>
> The technology and equipment used to make the array
> of needles was adopted from
> HP's inkjet manufacturing, said Beyers. The heating
> element is also the same one
> used inside inkjet heads.
>
> Like IBM, Microsoft and others, HP is combing its
> patent portfolio for
> inventions it can license for royalties. So far, the
> effort is paying off.
> Although HP has to fend off more licensing claims
> than ever before, licensing
> revenue is up tenfold since the technology licensing
> group was started four and
> a half years ago, Beyers said.
>
> Back in 2005, Beyers said that HP garnered about $50
> million a year in revenue
> from its technology portfolio when it started the
> group. That means that HP is
> around the $500 million a year mark for royalties.
> In late 2005-2006, the
> company was pulling in about $200 million a year on
> an annualized basis. (IBM
> makes more than a billion dollars a year in
> royalties.)
>
> Among other deals, HP has licensed technology for
> improving cell phone cameras
> to Flextronics. It is also trying to license a
> "crossbar latch" technology that
> it says could replace transistors in processors or
> memory chips.
>
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> Crospon was created around the idea of the patch. HP
> contacted Enterprise
> Ireland, an arm of the Irish government that seeks
> to help start-ups and
> incubate companies. Enterprise Ireland then put the
> company in contact with some
> investors.
>
> A relatively low corporate tax rate and a young
> population made Ireland a haven
> for multinational companies like HP and Intel
> wanting to set up factories over
> the past two decades. The government, however, has
> begun to encourage more
> locals to form their own companies to export
> technology, said David Smith,
> senior vice president of Enterprise Ireland.
>
> "We've got loads of college grads," he said.
>
> HP has tested out a prototype of the patch, but has
> not performed animal or
> medical testing. Crospon will accomplish that.
>
> Researchers at the University of California at
> Berkeley and the Massachusetts
> Institute of Technology are also trying to
> commercialize new types of injection
> systems.
>
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