US Patent Issued on Oct. 20 for "Microneedle integrated 3D printed micropump combined with polymeric nanoparticles for rapid release transdermal drug delivery" (Egyptian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,299, issued on Oct. 20.

"Microneedle integrated 3D printed micropump combined with polymeric nanoparticles for rapid release transdermal drug delivery" was invented by Mostafa Sedky (New Cairo, Egypt), Ahmed Abdelnabi (New Cairo, Egypt), Mona Abdel-Mottaleb (New Cairo, Egypt) and Mohamed Yousef Serry (Cairo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transdermal drug delivery (TDD) system is provided accelerating the TDD process through the combination of (1) a micropump, (2) microneedles, and (3) nanoencapsulation. A 3D printed shape memory alloy (SMA) triggered micropump combined with polymeric nanoparticles loaded with a drug can be pumped t...