Microneedle applicator
AssigneeAptar France SAS
InventorsStéphane Daviot, Francis Moreau
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Abstract
A microneedle applicator for applying a fluid product to the skin and causing the fluid product to penetrate to the skin. The applicator has an application face provided with a fluid product outlet and a plurality of microneedles; a motor for causing the microneedles to vibrate; a fluid product reservoir connected to the outlet; and a manual actuating member for conveying the fluid product from the reservoir to the outlet. The applicator has two distinct modules removably connected to each other, namely, a first module housing the motor; and a second module housing the fluid product reservoir and forming the application face and the actuating member, the actuating member being accessible and manually manipulable when the two modules are connected to each other.
Claims17
A microneedle applicator for applying a fluid product on the skin and for causing the fluid product to penetrate into the skin, the applicator defining a longitudinal axis X and comprising:
- an application face provided with at least a fluid product outlet and a plurality of microneedles;
- a motor for causing the microneedles to vibrate;
- a fluid product reservoir connected to the fluid product outlet;
- a manual actuating member which acts directly on the volume of the reservoir for conveying the fluid product from the fluid product reservoir to the fluid product outlet, the manual actuating member configured to be actuated by a user's finger pressing on the manual actuating member,
- wherein the applicator further comprises two distinct modules removably axially connected to one another, namely:
- a first module housing the motor and accessories for operating the motor;
- and
- a second module housing the fluid product reservoir and forming the application face and the manual actuating member, the manual actuating member being manually accessible and manipulable, when the two modules are connected to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.