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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary A Lattin, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Tighe M Belden, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrew J Withell, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
ALZA Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 20 ; 607152 ;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a transdermal drug delivery device (10) is disclosed wherein a component (32) and/or a subassembly (20) are intentionally adapted to be separable from the rest of the device for disposal which is more medically or environmentally acceptable. In one embodiment, device 10 comprises upper and lower housings (16, 20), with lower housing (20) being separable from upper housing (16) and foldable upon itself to minimize medically unacceptable contact with, e.g., a drug reservoir (26 or 28) contained therein. A device (10) made in accordance with the invention is included.