Patent ID: 9486414
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61K,A61M,C07K

Claim Text:
1. A method for delivering Liraglutide to a patient, said method comprising: providing an oral solid Liraglutide dosage shaped as a tissue penetrating member having a pointed tip, the tissue penetrating member configured to be carried by a swallowable capsule and penetrate and be inserted into an intestinal wall, wherein upon ingestion, the capsule advances to the small intestine of the patient; and delivering the solid Liraglutide dosage into the wall of the small intestine by an application of mechanical force upon a surface of the tissue penetrating member from an expandable member operably coupled to the tissue penetrating member wherein upon insertion into the intestinal wall, the tissue penetrating member remains to release Liraglutide into the blood stream from the intestinal wall by degradation of the of the tissue penetrating member.