Patent · US Expired

Method for transdermal delivery of permeant substances

US8016811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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111References

40Claims

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Assignee

Altea Therapeutics Corporation · US

Inventors

Alan Smith · Atlanta, US
Jonathan A. Eppstein · Atlanta, US
Bernadette Messier · Roswell, US
Zoran Novakovic · Irvine, US
Stuart McRae · Decatur, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 24, 2003
Grant date	Sep 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/327
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for delivering permeant substances transdermally into a membrane of an animal includes forming at least one delivery opening in the skin tissue, with the at least one delivery opening having a mean opening depth of between about 40 and about 90 microns.

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