Frozen piercing implements and methods for piercing a substrate

US8784385B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC · US

Inventors

• Edward S. Boyden · Sharon, US
• Daniel B. Cook · Seattle, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Eric C. Leuthardt · Chesterfield, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Elizabeth A. Sweeney · Seattle, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/222
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Certain embodiments disclosed herein relate to compositions, methods, devices, systems, and products regarding frozen particles. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles include materials at low temperatures. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles provide vehicles for delivery of particular agents. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles are administered to at least one biological tissue.