US Patent Issued to Georgetown University on May 13 for "Apparatus and method for delivery of antimicrobial during a transdermal sampling and delivery process" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,729, issued on May 13, was assigned to Georgetown University (Washington).

"Apparatus and method for delivery of antimicrobial during a transdermal sampling and delivery process" was invented by Makarand Paranjape (Silver Spring, Md.) and Shruti M. Paranjape (Silver Spring, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for introducing at least one antimicrobial in an exposed region of a user's skin caused while accessing interstitial fluid includes a substrate having thereon at least one electrically controllable microheating element including at least a microheater portion with multiple electrodes connected to the microheater portion ...