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US 2007/0191780 A1Published application
Drug delivery device
OwnerPankaj Modiinventor
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Abstract
A novel device and method for intradermal delivery of an active agent is provided. The device comprises a housing which contains a reservoir chamber. A flexible reservoir containing the active agent is placed in the chamber. Upon pressure on an actuator the active agents is delivered via a hollow needle to the skin.
Claims32
A reservoir for carrying an active agent, said reservoir comprising a fillable bladder of thermoplastic material.
A device for delivery of a fluid drug to an animal, said device comprising:
- i. a housing having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end having an aperture therein and said upper end being associated with an actuator;
- ii. a reservoir chamber disposed within the housing and operatively linked to the actuator, said reservoir chamber comprising a base and wall(s);
- iii. a flexible reservoir, filled with the fluid drug, disposed within the reservoir chamber;
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- iv. a needle mounted so as to transverse the base of said chamber such that a back of the needle is in communication with the chamber and a tip of the needle extends in the housing below the chamber.
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A device for delivering an active agent to the skin, said device comprising:
- i. a housing;
- ii. a reservoir chamber releasably positioned in said housing, said reservoir chamber adapted to receive a reservoir containing the active agent;
- iii. at least one needle having an upper opening and a lower opening defining a cannula transversing the base of the reservoir chamber;
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- iv. actuator means for moving said chamber downward within said housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.