Method and apparatus for reducing the incidence of tobacco use
AssigneeAlza Corporation
InventorsMichel Cormier, Robert Gale, Andrew Scott
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Abstract
An apparatus for transdermally delivering a nicotine-based agent to a tobacco or nicotine user comprising a microprojection member having a plurality of microprojections that are adapted to pierce the stratum corneum of the tobacco user, the microprojection member having a biocompatible coating disposed thereon that includes a nicotine-based agent.
Claims18
An apparatus for transdermally delivering nicotine-based agents to a nicotine user, comprising a microprojection member having a plurality of microprojections that are adapted to pierce said nicotine user's stratum corneum, said microprojection member including a biocompatible coating having at least one nicotine-based agent.
A method for transdermally delivering a nicotine-based agent to a nicotine user, comprising the steps of:
- providing a microprojection member having a plurality of microprojections that are adapted to pierce said nicotine user's stratum corneum, said microprojection member including a biocompatible coating having at least one nicotine-based agent;
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- applying said microprojection member to said nicotine user's skin, whereby said microprojection members pierce said stratum corneum and deliver said nicotine-based agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.