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Drug delivery devices having separable microneedles

US10940301B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Georgia Tech Research Corporation · US

Inventors

Devin V. McAllister · Marietta, US
Mark R. Prausnitz · Decatur, US
Sebastien Henry · Besançon, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2016
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2037/0061
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The devices 400, 500 include microneedles 450, 550 that may be separable from the drug delivery devices, control drug release rate and/or direction, or a combination thereof. When the microneedles are separable, a force applied to the drug delivery devices may be effective to penetrate a biological tissue with the microneedles and then to separate the microneedles from the drug delivery devices. The drug delivery devices may be capable of achieving discrete periods of drug release.

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