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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Creagan Trautman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michel J Cormier, Mountian View, CA (US);
Hyunok Lynn Kim, Walnut, CA (US);
Michael G Zuck, Bend, OR (US);
Assignee:
ALZA Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 46 ; 606186 ; 600556 ;
Abstract
A device (3) comprising a sheet member (6) having a plurality of microprotrusions (4) for penetrating the skin and a substantially incompressible agent reservoir housing (15) contacting and extending across the sheet member (6) for transmitting a hold-down force applied the sheet member (6) to maintain the microprotrusions (4) in skin-piercing relation to the skin, even during and after normal patient body movement.
Published as:
CA2313698A1; WO9929365A1; AU1906899A; US6083196A; EP1037686A1; CN1281376A; KR20010032925A; JP2001525232A; AU757192B2; CN1170603C; EP1037686B1; ATE302041T1; DE69831268D1; PT1037686E; ES2244106T3; DK1037686T3; DE69831268T2; KR100561892B1; CA2313698C;