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Device for enhancing transdermal agent flux

US6322808A · kind A · utility

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37Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 9, 1998
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/306
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device (3) comprising a sheet member (6) having a plurality of microprotrusions (4) for penetrating the skin and a rigid support (15) contacting and extending across the sheet member (6) for transmitting an applied force evenly across the length and width of the sheet member (6) to reproducibly and reliably penetrate the skin with the microprotrusions (4).

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