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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nikiforos Kollias, Watertown, MA (US);
Apostolos G. Doukas, Belmont, MA (US);
Thomas J. Flotte, Boston, MA (US);
Daniel J. McAuliffe, Boxford, MA (US);
Shun Lee, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/30 ;
Abstract
A method for delivering compounds through epithelial cell layers using impulse transients is described. The method involves applying a compound to, e.g., the stratum corneum, of a patient and then inducing impulse transients to create transient increases in the permeability of epithelial tissue, thereby facilitating delivery of the compound across the epithelial cell layer.