ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,473, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SOFUSA HOLDINGS LLC (New York).
"Device for delivery of rheumatoid arthritis medication" was invented by Russell Frederick Ross (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices for delivering a rheumatoid arthritis drug across a dermal barrier. The devices include microneedles for penetrating the stratum corneum and also include structures fabricated on a surface of the microneedles to form a nanotopography. A random or non-random pattern of structures may be fabricated such as a complex pattern including structures of differing sizes and/or shapes. The pattern of st...