US Patent Issued to AQUILX on Nov. 25 for "Wearable device with improved microneedle array" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,295, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AQUILX Inc. (Bonsall, Calif.).

"Wearable device with improved microneedle array" was invented by Farshad Tehrani (Bonsall, Calif.) and Hazhir Teymourian (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a wearable device with improvements to microneedles in a microneedle array including an off-center tip, a deflection guide indention, amorphous cavities which help the microneedles to bend during insertion into the skin. As the microneedles bend back after insertion, a number of sills extending from the microneedles help to hold the microneedles in place. Less damage is done to the micronee...