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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Cambridge, MA (US);
Avraham D. Schroeder, Newton, MA (US);
Baris Erinc Polat, Brighton, MA (US);
Carl Magnus Schoellhammer, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Daniel Blankschtein, Brookline, MA (US);
Daniel G. Anderson, Sudbury, MA (US);
Robert S. Langer, Newton, MA (US);
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides devices and uses thereof. A devices disclosed herein comprises a plurality of microneedles adapted to protrude from the device. In some embodiments, a device is dimensioned and constructed to carry a payload, so that the payload can be delivered to an internal tissue of a subject or through a wall of a vessel after interaction with microneedles. In some embodiments, devices can be used for oral or intravenous administration. In some embodiments, devices can be used for implantation such as vaginal, rectal, urethral or bladder suppository or pessary.