MASKING METHOD FOR COATING A MICRONEEDLE ARRAY

Application 2141/CHENP/2007 published 2007-09-07, filed 2007-05-18
A method of coating a microneedle array comprising: providing a microneedle array having a substrate and at least one needle; providing a removable masking layer on the microneedle array such that the substrate is at least partially covered by the masking layer and the at least one needle remains at least partially exposed; and applying a coating material to at least a portion of the exposed portion of the microneedle array.

Applicant

1)3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
:3M CENTER P O BOX 33427 SAINT PAUL MN 55133-3427 U.S.A.

Inventor

1)JOHNSON, PETER, R 2)EMERY, MARIA, R 3)WOLTER, JAMES, T 4)RAEDER-DEVENS, JENNIFER, E 5)DUAN, DANIEL, C 6)DAVID, MOSES, M 7)CHOI, HYE-OK

International Info

Classification: A61M 37/00
Publication Number: WO 2006/055799 A1
Application Date: 2005-11-18

Priority Information

60/629,209 U.S.A. 2004-11-18