Patents by Inventor Michael G. Zuck

Michael G. Zuck 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).

  • Device for enhancing transdermal agent flux
    Patent number: 6322808
    Abstract: A device (3) comprising a sheet member (6) having a plurality of microprotrusions (4) for penetrating the skin and a rigid support (15) contacting and extending across the sheet member (6) for transmitting an applied force evenly across the length and width of the sheet member (6) to reproducibly and reliably penetrate the skin with the microprotrusions (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: ALZA Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Creagan Trautman, Patrick S.-L. Wong, Peter E. Daddona, Hyunok Lynn Kim, Michael G. Zuck
  • Device for enhancing transdermal agent flux
    Patent number: 6083196
    Abstract: A device (3) comprising a sheet member (6) having a plurality of microprotrusions (4) for penetrating the skin and a substantially incompressible agent reservoir housing (15) contacting and extending across the sheet member (6) for transmitting a hold-down force applied the sheet member (6) to maintain the microprotrusions (4) in skin-piercing relation to the skin, even during and after normal patient body movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: ALZA Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Creagan Trautman, Michel J. N. Cormier, Hyunok Lynn Kim, Michael G. Zuck
  • Device for enhancing transdermal agent flux
    Patent number: 6050988
    Abstract: A device (2) comprising a sheet member (6) having a plurality of microprotrusions (4) extending from a bottom edge (5) for penetrating the skin of a patient. The sheet member (6) when in use being oriented in an approximately perpendicular relation to the patient's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: ALZA Corporation
    Inventor: Michael G. Zuck