Table 4.
List of patent granted by various authorities on different thermal techniques to improve skin permeation
| S. no | Patent number | Inventor | Current assignee | Technique | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US6708060B1 | Zohar Avarhami, Ze’ev Sohn | Syneron Medical Ltd. | RF-assisted | [124] |
| 2 | US7395111B2 | Galit Levin, Meir Stern, Dorit Daniel | Syneron Medical Ltd. | RF-assisted | [125] |
| 3 | US 6148232 | Zohar Avrahami | Syneron Medical Ltd., TransPharma Ltd | RF-assisted | [126] |
| 4 | US7452358B2 | Roger A. Stern, Mitchell Levinson, Bryan Weber | Solta Medical Inc. | RF-assisted | [127] |
| 5 | US7481809B2 |
Roger A. Stern, Mitchell Levinson, Bryan Weber |
Solta Medical Inc. | RF-assisted | [128] |
| 6 | US4775361A | Stephen L. Jacques et. al | General hospital corp of MA, General Hospital Corp. | Laser-assisted | [129] |
| 7 | WO1997007734A1 | Jonathan A. Eppstein et. al | [130] | ||
| 8 | WO2001050963A1 | Kevin S.Marchitto, Stephen T. Flock | Laser-assisted | [131] | |
| 9 | US5643252A | Milton Waner et. al | Transmedica International Inc. | Laser-assisted | [132] |
| 10 | US20050247321A1 | Milton Waner, Charles Vestal, Stephen Flock | Laser-assisted | [133] | |
| 11 | US20100292680A1 | Thomas Bragagna, Arne Heinrich, Simon Gross | PantechBiosolutios AG | Laser-assisted | [134] |
| 12 | WO2006111201A1 | Thomas Bragagna et. al | Laser-assisted | [135] | |
| 13 | ES2334705T3 | Christof Bohler et. al | PantechBiosolutions AG | Laser-assisted | [136] |
| 14 | EP1874213B1 | Christof Bohler et. al | PantechBiosolutions AG | Laser-assisted | [137] |
| 15 | US8116860B2 | Bernadette Messier et. al | Nitto Denko Corp. | Thermal ablation | [138] |
| 16 | US6711435B2 | Zohar Avarhami | Syneron Medical Ltd., Transpharma | Thermal | [139] |
| 17 | EP1450876B1 | Zeev Sohn | Syneron Medical Ltd. | Thermal | [140] |
| 18 | WO2006004595A2 | Mark Prausnitz et. al | Thermal | [141] |