Patent ID: 8671544

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a microneedle mould for use in fabricating microneedles, comprising: providing a microneedle mould base with recesses therein, the recesses corresponding to the microneedles to be fabricated and extending from a first surface of the microneedle mould base; forming side-port forming holes in the microneedle mould base, the side-port forming holes extend in side surfaces of the recesses within the microneedle mould base at side-port forming positions of the recesses; and providing a seed layer on the first surface of the microneedle mould base and in the recesses, wherein forming the side-port forming holes comprises: providing the side surfaces of the recesses with discontinuities at the side-port forming positions of the recesses; and depositing the seed layer after providing the side-port forming discontinuities, with the seed layer failing to deposit substantially on the side-port forming discontinuities.