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US 8,998,881 B2Granted
Method for delivering drugs to tissue under microjet propulsion
AssigneeAlza Corporation
InventorScott J. Gilbert
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Abstract
A method for delivering a drug into tissue includes the steps of: providing a drug delivery device having at least one nozzle and a drug contained in a portion of the device; identifying a site for delivery of the drug in or on tissue; placing a portion of the device on or near the site; and delivering the drug into the tissue at the site through at least one nozzle of the device under microjet propulsion.
Claims8
A method for delivering a drug into tissue comprising the steps of:
- providing a drug delivery device having at least one nozzle and a drug contained in a portion of the device;
- identifying a site for delivery of the drug in the eye;
- placing a portion of the device on or near the site;
- and
- delivering the drug as a fine stream into the tissue at the site through the at least one nozzle of the device under needle-free microjet propulsion at a driving pressure from about 800 to about 2,000 psi such that the pressure of the drug leaving the nozzle is from about 4,000 to about 25,000 psi.
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