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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Frank E. Martin, Durham, SC (US);
John D. Evans, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Frank E. Martin, Durham, SC (US);
John D. Evans, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for intradermally administering a pharmaceutical composition or other substance into and through the skin of a mammalian body in a manner that avoids or eliminates excess pain and discomfort normally caused as a result of the microabraders or microneedles entering the epithelial layers beneath the stratum corneum. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus is a microdevice with an array of microabraders or microneedles with a manipulating member.