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US 12,036,705 B2Granted
Device and method for producing microstructures
AssigneeLTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
InventorsMichael Kulik, Nikolaj Tissin
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Abstract
A device for producing microstructures, particularly microneedles and more particularly microneedle arrays, including a female mold that has, on a top side, at least one in particular conical depressed portion for producing a microstructure. The female mold is, for example, in the form of a silicone cap and is connected to a hollow cylinder, in particular via a holding element. A plunger is disposed movably inside the hollow cylinder.
Claims15
Device for producing microstructures, comprising:
- a female mold comprising at least one preferably conical cavity at an upper side thereof for producing a microstructure, and an inner side opposite the upper side,
- a base element comprising a hollow cylinder,
- a holding element, which is connected to the female mold, for holding the female mold at the hollow cylinder such that the female mold spans an opening of the hollow cylinder, and
- a plunger arranged in the hollow cylinder and displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the hollow cylinder, wherein an upper side of the plunger rests on the inner side of the female mold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.