US Patent Issued to LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme on July 21 for "Microneedle array applicator" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,852, issued on July 21, was assigned to LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG (Andernach, Germany).

"Microneedle array applicator" was invented by Michael Kulik (Urmitz, Germany), Thorsten Fehr (Andernach, Germany) and Stefan Erlhofer (Kempenich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An applicator the application of a microarray. The applicator includes a housing and a plunger that can move within the housing to accelerate the microarray. The applicator additionally includes a target force trigger, and the target force trigger secures the plunger in relation to the housing and releases the movement thereof when the target force is applied...