A drug delivery system using an acupuncture needle

摘要

An object of the present invention is to provide a drug delivery system or hyperthermia system using an acupuncture needle which is specially processed, and the present invention is a method of delivering a drug to a diseased site of a patient using an acupuncture-and-moxibustion needle made of Co-Cr-Mo alloy on which holes are created, which comprises: loading a drug for treating a disease in the holes of the acupuncture-and-moxibustion needle; stinging the needle into the diseased site; and eluting the drug from the holes in the diseased site.