Patents by Inventor John M. Brittingham

John M. Brittingham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Topical delivery of vaccines
    Patent number: 7731968
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods for delivery of substances into the skin. It has been discovered that delivery of substances such as nucleic acids, amino acids, amino acid derivatives, peptides and polypeptides simultaneously with abrasion of the skin enhances delivery and the biological response as compared to application of the substance to previously abraded skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: John A. Mikszta, John M. Brittingham, Jason Alarcon, Ronald J. Pettis, John P. Dekker, III
  • Topical delivery of vaccines
    Publication number: 20030191085
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods for delivery of substances into the skin. It has been discovered that delivery of substances such as nucleic acids, amino acids, amino acid derivatives, peptides and polypeptides simultaneously with abrasion of the skin enhances delivery and the biological response as compared to application of the substance to previously abraded skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: John A. Mikszta, John M. Brittingham, Jason Alarcon, Ronald J. Pettis, John P. Dekker
  • Topical delivery of vaccines
    Patent number: 6595947
    Abstract: A method for delivering a substance to the epidermal tissue of skin. The method involves simultaneously disrupting only the stratum corneum of the skin and delivering the substance to the epidermal tissue of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: John A. Mikszta, John M. Brittingham, Jason Alarcon, Ronald J. Pettis, John P. Dekker, III
  • Method and device for the delivery of a substance
    Publication number: 20030093040
    Abstract: An abrasion device and method for delivery of substances into the skin comprises a microabrader for delivering a substance into the skin having a base with an abrading facet, to which an abrading surface having an arrangement of microprotrusions that have at least one scraping edge is attached, mounted, or integral with and a handle attachment facet, to which a handle or other grasping device is attached or mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: John A. Mikszta, John M. Brittingham, Jason Alarcon, John P. Dekker, Ronald J. Pettis