Vaccine delivery via microneedle arrays

US8911749B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Corium International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Esi Ghartey-Tagoe · San Jose, US
• Janet Wendorf · Redwood City, US
• Steve Williams · El Granada, US
• Parminder Singh · Union City, US
• Robert Wade Worsham · Cupertino, US
• Joseph C. Trautman · Sunnyvale, US
• Danir Bayramov · Irvine, US
• Danny Lee Bowers · Lake Odessa, US
• Andy Klemm · Ada, US
• Steven Richard Klemm · Grand Rapids, US
• Guohua Chen · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A microprojection array is provided, comprising an approximately planar base and a plurality of microprojections, wherein the array comprises a vaccine and a polymeric material. The array may have multiple layers. The vaccine may be placed in only one layer. In another embodiment of the invention, a method of preventing a disease is provided, comprising insertion into the skin of a patient an array of microprojections comprising a layer which comprises a vaccine for that disease and a polymer.