The present invention provides a method for treating an ocular disease or condition in a subject, comprising administering to the subject’s ocular tissue a composition comprising an effective amount of one or more bioactive agents, wherein the composition is administered with a single-chamber or multi-chamber microchannel delivery device.

In some aspects, the present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a) a therapeutic agent; b) a metal-organic framework (MOF) or a coordination polymer; and c) a pharmaceutically acceptable polymer; wherein the therapeutic agent is encapsulated within the metal-organic framework or coordination polymer to form an encapsulated therapeutic agent, and wherein the encapsulated therapeutic agent is further encapsulated, entrapped, embedded, dispersed within, or complexed to the pharmaceutically acceptable polymer. The present disclosure also provides methods of making said compositions, methods of treating a disease or disorder comprising administering to a subject said compositions. The present disclosure also provides microneedles and implantable medical devices comprising said compositions.

Proposed is a cartridge (1000) for accommodating a microneedle patch (100) comprising: a body portion (1002) which is accommodated in an accommodating part formed in a housing (201) of an applicator (200), and a flat plate portion (1004), mounted on the body portion (1002), comprising a flat plate opening (1006) through which a pressurizing part (404) of a drive mechanism (400) passes and a fixing portion (1005) operatively coupled to the drive mechanism (400), wherein the flat plate portion (1004) is rotated according to a driving of the drive mechanism (400) and is located below the microneedle patch (100) to supports the microneedle patch (100).

Disclosed are devices for delivering a rheumatoid arthritis drug across a dermal barrier. The devices include microneedles for penetrating the stratum corneum and also include structures fabricated on a surface of the microneedles to form a nanotopography. A random or non-random pattern of structures may be fabricated such as a complex pattern including structures of differing sizes and/or shapes. The pattern of structures on the surface of the microneedles may include nano-sized structures.

A dermal patch system for administering a pharmaceutical includes a vial that stores a pharmaceutical and a cartridge coupled to the vial. The cartridge includes a pull mechanism, a pump, a plurality of microneedles in communication with the vial. The microneedles are configured to move between an undeployed position to a deployed position. When pulled, the pull mechanism is configured to cause the microneedles to move from the undeployed position to the deployed position and cause the pump to pump the pharmaceutical from the vial and to the microneedles.

The present invention provides a microneedle array, a support member, a method of producing a microneedle array, and a microneedle array unit which enable reduction of a drying time during production and prevention of breakage during drying. Provided are a microneedle array 120 including a sheet portion 41, a plurality of needle-like protrusions 44, and a support member 50 formed of a gripping portion 52 and a beam portion 54 having one end that is connected to the gripping portion 52, in which the sheet portion 41 is an integrally molded body which is integrally molded with the support member 50, in which at least a part of the beam portion 54 is buried under the other surface 43 of the sheet portion 41, opposite to the one surface where the needle-like protrusions 44 are provided, the gripping portion 52 is provided on the other surface 43 of the sheet portion 41, and the beam portion 54 is deformable toward a center of the sheet portion 41. Further, provided are the support member 50, a method of producing the microneedle array 120, and a microneedle array unit 300 including a container 310.

Systems, instruments, methods, and compositions are described involving removing a portion of the epidermis within a donor site on a subject, and harvesting dermal plugs within the donor site. An injectable filler is formed by mincing the dermal plugs. The injectable filler is configured for injecting into a recipient site on the subject.

A reusable applicator for applying a microneedle patch to a skin of a subject which comprises a base for positioning onto the skin. The base comprises a skin-side end and a holder for holding the microneedle patch in position relative to the skin-side end. Two or more contact parts at the skin-side end can contact the skin. One or more are movable over the skin and away from the other contact 5 parts to stretch the skin at least during penetration of the skin by a microneedle of the patch. The applicator further comprises an interface for an actuator. The actuator actuates in operation a movement of the microneedle patch relative to the skin-side end to penetrate at least into the stratum corneum of the epidermis of the skin with the microneedle. A microneedle patch comprises a skin-adhesive surface for attaching the patch to the skin of a10 subject. The patch has one or more microneedles projecting from the skin-adhesive surface out of the patch. A stiffening body stiffens the patch in at least a parallel direction parallel to the skin-adhesive surface in a region of the skin-adhesive surface which includes the microneedle.

Transdermal drug delivery devices are described herein such as a microneedle array patch, to be placed on the skin for transdermal delivery of a medicament. The transdermal drug delivery device for delivery of a bioactive agent through mammalian skin comprises an array of microneedles and a means to actuate the microneedles, wherein the actuation means actuates the microneedles separately.

A microneedle applicator is provided. A microneedle applicator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a microneedle array; an operation member disposed on the upper portion of the microneedle array and operating such that a user applies an external force so as to insert a microneedle into skin; a housing for accommodating the microneedle array and the operation member; a first guide member disposed in at least one position on a lateral portion of the operation member or on a lateral portion of an interworking member of the operation member; and a second guide member which is disposed on the inner surface of the housing in a position corresponding to the first guide member so as to be engaged with the first guide member, and allows the first guide member to slide so as to prevent the microneedle array from rotating or horizontally distorting when the microneedle array uniformly vertically descends due to the external force.