Dr Jiunn-Ru Lai
Associate Professor, Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology

About

Jiunn-Ru Lai, PhD, leads the microcircuitry development in MicroMED. Dr Lai is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Dr Lai received the Best Paper awards from the Taiwan Academic Network Conference in 2016 and 2018. His research interests include embedded system, mobile and wireless networking, internet of things and network protocol performance analysis.

Contributions

WEARABLES

ADVANCING SUBCUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF BIOLOGICS: A NOVEL REUSABLE MEMS-ENABLED ACTUATOR

Hong-Jun Yeh, Jiunn-Ru Lai and Tsung-Chieh Cheng explore the challenges and opportunities related to the subcutaneous delivery of biotherapeutics. They also highlight a novel reusable MEMS-enabled pneumatic actuation system designed to overcome these challenges.

More contributions

WEARABLES

A NEW MEMS ENGINE FOR LARGE-VOLUME SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTORS

Jiunn-Ru Lai, Tsung-Chieh Cheng and Brian Li discuss how MicroMED’s Primary Actuator technology for driving high-volume, high-viscosity injection devices compares with current spring and motor technologies.

EARLY INSIGHT

NEW ENGINE FOR PRIMARY CONTAINER INJECTORS: A POWERFUL MICRO LINEAR ACTUATOR

Brian Li, Jiunn-Ru Lai, Tsung-Chieh Cheng, Kuang-Hsiang Cheng, Min-Ru Wang, Chia-Chi Tina Feng, and Wen-Chi Huang introduce the company’s new engine for primary container injectors, the Primary Actuator, which targets the unmet needs in the autoinjector and wearable injector market as the market shifts towards large injection volumes.