Dermal patch for delivering a pharmaceutical
AssigneeSatio, Inc.
InventorsNamal Nawana, Ziad Tarik Al-Shamsie
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Abstract
A dermal patch system for administering a pharmaceutical includes a vial that stores a pharmaceutical and a cartridge coupled to the vial. The cartridge includes a pull mechanism, a pump, a plurality of microneedles in communication with the vial. The microneedles are configured to move between an undeployed position to a deployed position. When pulled, the pull mechanism is configured to cause the microneedles to move from the undeployed position to the deployed position and cause the pump to pump the pharmaceutical from the vial and to the microneedles.
Claims16
A dermal patch system for administering a pharmaceutical comprising:
- a vial that stores a pharmaceutical, and
- a cartridge coupled to the vial, wherein the dermal patch includes:
- a pull mechanism,
- a pump, and
- a plurality of microneedles in communication with the vial, wherein the microneedles are configured to move between an undeployed position to a deployed position,
- wherein, when pulled, the pull mechanism is configured to cause the pump to pump the pharmaceutical from the vial and to the microneedles, and cause the microneedles to move to the deployed position, and
- wherein the pump comprises a pump portion having a cog, wherein the cog includes a plurality of protrusions that are configured to compress a tube as the cog rotates thereby causing the pharmaceutical to be expelled from the vial.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.