ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,092, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to APTAR FRANCE SAS (Le Neubourg, France).

"Microneedle applicator" was invented by Bruno Bizet (Sance, France) and Vincent Chamarande (Macon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microneedle applicator having an application face (C11) provided with a fluid product outlet (C110) and with several microneedles (C111), a motor (M1) for making the microneedles (C111) vibrate, a reservoir (C13) connected to the fluid product outlet (C110), an actuation member (I11) for conveying the fluid product from the reservoir (C13) to the outlet (C110), and three distinct modules (M, C1, I1) axially connected to o...