ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,378, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to APTAR FRANCE SAS (Le Neubourg, France).
"Microneedle applicator" was invented by Stephane Daviot (Graveron Semerville, France) and Francis Moreau (Sotteville les Rouen, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microneedle applicator for applying a fluid product to the skin and causing the fluid product to penetrate to the skin. The applicator has an application face provided with a fluid product outlet and a plurality of microneedles; a motor for causing the microneedles to vibrate; a fluid product reservoir connected to the outlet; and a manual actuating member for conveying the fluid product...