Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-19
2006-09-19
Woo, Julian W. (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
C606S167000, C604S500000, C604S534000, C604S534000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07108681
ABSTRACT:
An improved method and apparatus is provided as a system to deliver a composition, preferably a medical or pharmaceutical composition or active, through the stratum corneum of skin, without introducing bleeding or damage to tissue, and absent pain or other trauma. The dimensions and shapes of the microelements are controlled so as to control the penetration depth into the skin. The microelements can be “hollow” such that passageways are created therethrough to allow the composition to flow from a chamber, through the microelements, and into the skin. Alternatively, the microelements can be “solid,” and the composition is applied directly to the skin just before or just after the microelements are applied to the skin surface to create the openings in the stratum corneum.
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Sherman Faiz Feisal
Corium International Inc.
Reed Intellectual Property Law Group
Victor Nguyen
Woo Julian W.
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