US Patent Issued to Ares Trading on June 16 for "Microneedle array, actuator and method of use" (British, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,994, issued on June 16, was assigned to Ares Trading S.A. (Aubonne, Switzerland).

"Microneedle array, actuator and method of use" was invented by Maxime Ettori (Eysins, Switzerland), Craig Nelson (Melbourn, Great Britain), Michael Noble (Melbourn, Great Britain) and John Somerville (Melbourn, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transdermal drug delivery devices are described herein such as a microneedle array patch, to be placed on the skin for transdermal delivery of a medicament. The transdermal drug delivery device for delivery of a bioactive agent through mammalian skin comprises an array of microneedles and a means to a...