Method and device for abrading skin

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6835184
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09405488

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A device includes a plurality of microneedles for abrading the stratum corneum of the skin to form a plurality of grooves in the tissue having a controlled depth and width. The microneedles have a length of about 5-250 microns and generally about 5-200 microns. The device is rubbed over the skin to prepare an abraded site after which a transdermal delivery or sampling device is applied to the abraded delivery site. The abrasion increases the permeability of the skin and the rate of delivery and extraction of a substance without pain or irritation to the patient.

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  • BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bock, Carl Randolph Durham, NC 7 539
Sage, Burton H Raleigh, NC 11 1306

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