Automated delivery of a therapeutic or cosmetic substance to cutaneous, subcutaneous and intramuscular tissue regions

US7922688B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Restoration Robotics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mohan Bodduluri · Palo Alto, US
• Miguel G. Canales · Los Altos, US
• James W. McCollum · Coronado, US
• Philip L. Gildenberg · Houston, US
• Douglas E. Kelly · Palo Alto, US
• Jeffrey Bird · Menlo Park, US
• Frederic H. Moll · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 8, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M5/3287
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Automated systems and methods for delivery of a therapeutic or cosmetic substance into cutaneous, subcutaneous or intramuscular tissue, wherein an automated (e.g., robotic) arm is maneuvered to position a delivery device proximate a targeted location (e.g., an existing hair follicle, a location for implanting a skin filler, or a location for intradermal tattoo ink injection) on a patient's skin surface; and a substantially automated process is used to cause the delivery device to puncture the skin surface and penetrate to a desired depth into the tissue at the targeted location, and deliver the substance therein.