Patent ID: 11964121
Assignee: SATIO, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 24:
25. A method for delivering a pharmaceutical to a subject, comprising:
applying a dermal patch to a subject's skin, wherein the dermal patch includes:
a plurality of hollow needles each having a lumen,
a reservoir that stores a pharmaceutical,
an opening for receiving the pharmaceutical from the reservoir,
a plurality of fluidic channels each extending from said opening to a lumen of one of said plurality of hollow needles such that each of said plurality of fluidic channels delivers a portion of the pharmaceutical to the lumen of one of said plurality of hollow needles,
a pin,
a latch for retaining the pin in an undeployed position,

actuating the plurality of hollow needles to puncture the subject's skin, and
releasing the latch to deploy the pin to rupture the reservoir thereby releasing the stored pharmaceutical from the reservoir for delivery via the lumens of the plurality of needles to the subject.