DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A DRUG VIA AN API-LOADED TISSUE PENETRATOR

• Main Authors: SMALLEY, Drake, GARA, Stephen G, HOPSON, Peyton
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 08.08.2024
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

A drug delivery device includes a substrate; and a plurality of tissue penetrating members 3D printed onto the substrate and configured to embed into tissue, wherein at least one of the plurality of tissue penetrating members is configured to anchor the drug delivery device to the tissue; and at least one payload comprising at least one API loaded into at least one of the substrate and the plurality of tissue penetrating members for absorbing into the tissue when the at least one tissue penetrating member is embedded in the tissue. Un dispositif d'administration de médicament comprend un substrat; et une pluralité d'éléments de pénétration de tissu 3D imprimés sur le substrat et conçus pour être implanté dans un tissu, au moins l'un de la pluralité d'éléments de pénétration de tissu étant conçu pour ancrer le dispositif d'administration de médicament au tissu; et au moins une charge utile comprenant au moins un ingrédient pharmaceutique actif chargé dans le substrat et/ou la pluralité d'éléments de pénétration de tissu pour être absorbé dans le tissu lorsque le ou les éléments de pénétration de tissu sont incorporés dans le tissu.