US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Pyramidal microneedles with enhanced drug loading capacity and method for manufacturing" (Singaporean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,607, issued on July 14.

"Pyramidal microneedles with enhanced drug loading capacity and method for manufacturing" was invented by Chee Yen Lim (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a solution to increase the drug loading capacity and drug delivery precision of dissolving microneedles. These solutions include: (a) increasing the base of the microneedle cavities without substantially changing the microneedle's height and geometry, (b) use of drug suspension and (c) a specific centrifugation order for filling drug and matrix material. In the first preferred embodiment, a microneedle master mould compri...