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Apparatus and method for delivery of small volumes of liquid

US5997518A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 14, 1998
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 14, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F9/0008
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Device and method for delivering small microliter volumes of liquid preparations to the eye or other body part utilizing a gas stream to induce a controlled, preselected volume of liquid into the gas stream and to deliver the liquid in the form of small droplets to the desired site.

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