| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090054842 | Enhanced penetration system and method for sliding microneedles - A microneedle device for transporting fluid through a surface of a biological barrier, the device including a fluid transport configuration, an abutment member and a displacement device. The fluid transport configuration includes a substrate having a substantially planar surface having a plurality of microneedles projecting therefrom. The abutment member has an abutment surface for abutting the biological barrier. The displacement device is configured for generating a relative lateral sliding movement between the surface of the biological barrier and the fluid transport configuration in a sliding direction of the microneedles The microneedles are arranged so that a leading microneedle defines an effective area which is effective void of another microneedle. The effective area is defined as an area marked out by translating the base area of the leading microneedle, by the height of the leading microneedle, in a direction opposite to the sliding direction. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090069788 | System And Method For Delivering Fluid Into Flexible Biological Barrier - A system and method for delivering fluid into a flexible biological barrier employs a microneedle structure wherein a final position of microneedles ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090157094 | DEVICE FOR SUPERFICIAL ABRASIVE TREATMENT OF THE SKIN | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090247953 | MICRONEEDLE ADAPTOR FOR DOSED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES - An adapter for achieving intradermal dosed delivery of a liquid by use of a dosed drug delivery device including a reservoir having a pierceable septum, the adapter having a connector including an attachment configuration for attachment to the dosed drug delivery device and a hollow needle deployed for piercing the septum. A liquid delivery interface, linked to the connector, includes a straight skin contact edge and one or more hollow microneedle adjacent thereto. The microneedle projects away from the skin contact edge. A flow path arrangement interconnects the needle and the at least one hollow microneedle. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20110029000 | IN VIVO SUTURE ASSEMBLIES - Disclosed is a suturing assembly for suturing in vivo tissue. The suturing assembly comprises a first suture thread positioned along a first surface of an in vivo tissue having a first surface and a second surface and at least one suture needle configured to pass through in vivo tissue. The suturing assembly additionally comprises a suture catch located on at least one side of the at least one suture needle, the suture catch configured to releasably catch the suture and draw the suture through the in vivo tissue during a first passage through the in vivo tissue such that the suture is formed into a first loop on a surface of the in vivo tissue. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110083978 | KIT FOR SEPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - For containing a biological fluid and draining a constituent of the biological fluid, a kit includes a barrel, a piston assembly, a removable element, which is configured to move the piston assembly, a drainage element, which interacts with the piston assembly, and an interacting element, which interacts with the piston assembly. The kit allows for fluid separation without risk of contamination from the biological fluid itself or contamination of the biological fluid itself. Further, the kit offers the advantage of involving no needles or other sharp elements. | 04-14-2011 |