Patent ID: 7850663
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: A61M,B05B

Abstract:
1. A dermal delivery device comprising: a housing comprising a chamber, an inlet port communicating with said chamber, and an outlet port communicating with said chamber; a cartridge, wherein said cartridge comprises a passage, a fluid receiving opening and a fluid discharge opening, both openings communicating with said passage; wherein said cartridge comprises opposed ends and said ends have convex surfaces and each end is sealed by a burstable membrane comprised of a polyolefin film having a thickness of between 0.3 and 1.5 mils stretched taut over each of said convex surfaces at said opposed ends of said cartridge and bonded to said convex surfaces, sealing said passage wherein said polyolefin film has a burst pressure of less than 5 atmospheres; a dry powdered medicament retained by said burstable membranes within said cartridge; a microdelivery device sized to penetrate into the intradermal space; wherein at least one of said burstable membranes is sealingly attached to at least one of said ports; and an adapter communicating with said inlet port and adapted to communicate with a source of a fluid diluent.