Microprotrusion arrays and methods for using same to deliver substances into tissue

US8075826B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Alexander G. Lastovich · Raleigh, US
• Jason B. Alarcon · Durham, US
• John Dekker · Cary, US
• M. Ishaq Haider · Bernardsville, US
• John Mikszta · Durham, US
• Frank E. Martin · Durham, US
• Scott A. O'Connor · Durham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2037/0053
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Improved microprotrusion abrasion devices having fluid retaining or directing patterns, and specific design parameters and method for delivery of substances into the skin. Various configurations of such devices are disclosed, including domed, channeled, patterned and stepped.