US 12,290,651 B2
Devices and methods for the treatment of body surface disorders
Matthew Gene Davidson, Venice, CA (US); Jayson Michael Rieger, Charlottesville, VA (US); Eugene Scavola, Charlottesville, VA (US); Paul Daly, Plymouth, NH (US); and Howard Welgus, West Chester, PA (US)
Assigned to Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc., West Chester, PA (US)
Appl. No. 16/621,854
Filed by Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc., West Chester, PA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/037808
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 12, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/232277, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/615,429, filed on Jan. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,504, filed on Jun. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0138214 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/365 (2006.01); A61K 47/10 (2017.01); A61K 47/18 (2017.01); A61K 47/38 (2006.01); A61K 47/44 (2017.01)
CPC A61M 35/003 (2013.01) [A61K 31/365 (2013.01); A61K 47/10 (2013.01); A61K 47/186 (2013.01); A61K 47/38 (2013.01); A61K 47/44 (2013.01); A61M 35/00 (2013.01); A61M 2210/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator device for dispensing a pharmaceutical composition for topical administration of the pharmaceutical composition to a subject, comprising:
a tube;
an ampule positioned within the tube;
a pharmaceutical composition contained within the ampule;
a dispenser tip attached to the tube, the dispenser tip having a tapered tip and a drip guard comprising a trough configured to receive fluid running down an outer surface of the tapered tip, wherein the drip guard includes one or more grooves formed on an external side of the drip guard.