Patent · US Expired

Device for administering an active agent to the skin or mucosa

US4849224A · kind A · utility

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12References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 12, 1987
Grant dateJul 18, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/7084
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A transdermal drug delivery device comprising a drug formulation-containing reservoir defined by a backing layer and a drug-permeable membrane layer, a ring-shaped layer made of an adhesive that is incompatible with one or more components of the drug formulation that is peripheral to the reservoir outwardly of the membrane layer and a peelable liner layer that underlies at least the membrane layer with a first heat seal between the backing and the membrane about the perimeter of the reservoir and another concentric heat seal between the backing and the release liner positioned outwardly of the first heat seal, the heat seals providing barriers that isolate the drug formulation from the adhesive.

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