SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE BASED CONTROL OF AN IONTOPHORESIS DEVICE
First Claim
1. An iontophoresis device, comprising:
- an active agent reservoir that stores a quantity of an active agent;
an active electrode element operable to apply an electrical potential of a first polarity to deliver at least a portion of the active agent to a biological interface from the iontophoresis device; and
a communications port providing a communications path between the iontophoresis device and a remote device wherein the remote device provides commands to the iontophoresis device that are encrypted.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises an active agent reservoir that stores a quantity of an active agent, an active electrode element operable to apply an electrical potential of a first polarity to deliver at least a portion of the active agent to a biological interface from the iontophoresis device, and a communications port providing a communications path between the iontophoresis device and a remote device. A method of the invention comprises operating an interface system to remotely interact with iontophoresis devices useful in delivery of active agents to biological interfaces including providing a user interface at a location remote from at least some of the iontophoresis devices, communicating with at least two of the iontophoresis devices, and providing information about the iontophoresis devices via the user interface.
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100 Claims
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1. An iontophoresis device, comprising:
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an active agent reservoir that stores a quantity of an active agent;
an active electrode element operable to apply an electrical potential of a first polarity to deliver at least a portion of the active agent to a biological interface from the iontophoresis device; and
a communications port providing a communications path between the iontophoresis device and a remote device wherein the remote device provides commands to the iontophoresis device that are encrypted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An iontophoresis interface system, comprising:
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a user interface operable by a user to produce user generated requests and to provide information to the user;
a communications port providing a communications path between the iontophoresis interface system and at least one iontophoresis device remotely located with respect to the iontophoresis interface system; and
a processor coupled to control communications with the at least one iontophoresis device via the communications port based at least in part on the user generated requests. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An iontophoresis system, comprising:
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at least a first iontophoresis device operable to deliver an active agent to a biological interface, the first iontophoresis device comprising an active agent reservoir that stores a quantity of the active agent and an active electrode element operable to apply an electrical potential of a first polarity to deliver at least a portion of the active agent to the biological interface from the iontophoresis device; and
an iontophoresis interface system remotely located with respect to the first iontophoresis device, the iontophoresis interface system comprising a user interface operable by a user to produce user generated requests and to provide information to the user, a communications port providing a communications path between the iontophoresis interface system and the at least one iontophoresis device, and a processor coupled to control communications with the at least one iontophoresis device via the communications port based at least in part on the user generated requests. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method for operating an iontophoresis device, the method comprising:
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storing a quantity of an active agent in an active agent reservoir;
delivering at least a portion of the active agent to a biological interface from the iontophoresis device by applying an electrical potential of a first polarity to an active electrode element;
communicating between the iontophoresis device and a remote device via a communications port; and
decrypting commands provided from the remote device via the communications port. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method operating an interface system to remotely interact with iontophoresis devices useful in delivery of active agents to biological interfaces, the method comprising:
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providing a user interface at a location remote from at least some of the iontophoresis devices;
communicating with at least two of the iontophoresis devices; and
providing information about the iontophoresis devices via the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. A method for operating an iontophoresis system, the method comprising:
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providing communications between a plurality of iontophoresis devices and at least one iontophoresis interface system remotely located from the iontophoresis devices;
operating the iontophoresis devices at least in part on commands received from the iontophoresis interface system; and
at least temporarily storing operational condition information at the iontophoresis interface system, the operational condition information indicative of at least one operating parameter for a number of the iontophoresis devices. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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