Patent ID: 11938178
Assignee: DBV TECHNOLOGIES
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for providing a boosting vaccination against a bacterial pathogen in a primed subject in need thereof, which comprises:
performing skin micro-perforation in a skin area in the subject with a laser microporator so as to form an array of micropores, the skin micro-perforation not altering the basal layer of the epidermis and the array of micropores extending from the surface of the skin through one or several epidermis layers, but without extending to the dermis, and
then epicutaneously administering an antigen from the bacterial pathogen on said skin area of the subject by means of a skin patch, wherein:
the skin patch is occlusive and comprises a backing suitable to create a hermetically closed condensation chamber on skin, and wherein the antigen is deposited on the skin facing side of said backing, in dry form, and optionally in combination with one or several pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.