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AssigneeBiophoretic Therapeutic Systems, LLC
InventorsJulian L. Henley, Kuo Wei Chang, Joseph Potter, Dennis I. Goldberg, Christopher H. Porter, V. Lorenzo Porcelli
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An electrokinetic delivery or diagnostic device for personal use and self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site is provided. The device includes a housing containing a power supply, a first active electrode and a ground tactile electrode. An applicator includes a pad for containing medicament for overlying the first electrode of the device. The medicament may be applied by the user to the pad, contained within the pad or contained in rupturable capsules within the pad, together with a hydrogel if necessary for imparting electrical conductivity whereby, upon application of the applicator to the treatment site, the medicament is electrokinetically transported into the treatment site. In another form, the applicator is self-contained, having a power supply, a first electrode overlying a pad and a ground electrode from the opposite side from the pad whereby the individual presses the pad against the treatment site to complete the electrical circuit and electrokinetically drive the medicament into the treatment site.
An electrokinetic delivery system for personal use in self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site on an individual, comprising:
A method of treatment by electrokinetic self-administration of a medicament into a treatment site for an individual, comprising:
A delivery device for self-administration of a substance to a treatment site on an individual, comprising a self-contained disposable applicator including a pad for containing the substance, a power supply, a first electrode overlying said pad and electrically connected to said power supply and a second electrode having a tactile surface in electrical contact with said power supply and lying on a side of said applicator remote from said pad, said second electrode having an electrically conductive material overlying the tactile surface, whereby, upon the individual's hand or a portion thereof in contact with said tactile surface of said second electrode holding the applicator pad against the treatment site, an electrical circuit is completed between the first electrode through the treatment site and the second electrode via the tactile surface, the electrically conductive material and the individual's hand and body for electrokinetically driving the substance into the treatment site.
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