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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Dermira, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hans Hofland, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Delphine Caroline Imbert, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel O'Connell, Broughton, GB;
Allen Pearson, Broughton, GB;
Assignee:
Demira, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 35/00 (2006.01); B05B 11/00 (2006.01); B05C 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61H 33/04 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 35/003 (2013.01); B05B 11/0037 (2013.01); B05B 11/308 (2013.01); B05B 11/3059 (2013.01); B05C 17/00 (2013.01); A61M 2210/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for dispensing a topically administered drug has a spreader which is used to actuate a pump to release the drug and then to spread the drug on the skin and. The spreader is coupled to a lock that prevents it from actuating the pump after a number of drug doses have been dispensed. The pump can be actuated to release no more than the selected quantity of drug per day or actuation.