ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,154, issued on March 11, was assigned to Kindeva Drug Delivery LP (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Microarray applicator" was invented by David J. Wirtanen (St. Paul, Minn.), Kevin L Puckett (St. Paul, Minn.), James L. Schug (St. Paul, Minn.) and David J. White (St. Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microarray applicator (10000) including a microarray carrier (8000), which is retained within a housing (2000) by virtue of microarray carrier (8100) being engaged withholder (2400). Microarray patch (8200) and flexible backing (8220) are positioned such that the central portion (8210) has microneedles (8211) protrude in the direction opposi...