IONTOPHORESIS APPARATUS AND METHOD
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1. A method for applying an electrical transdermal process to a patient comprising the steps of:
- selecting between applying a traditional iontophoretic treatment and a low voltage treatment to the patient with a device, the low voltage iontophoretic treatment comprising the steps of applying an electrical conductivity enhancement treatment to the patient and applying a low voltage iontophoretic treatment to the patient; and
,applying the selected treatment to the patient with the device.
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Abstract
An iontophoresis apparatus and method is disclosed that is suited to deliver a plurality of treatment methods such as, but not limited to, body site conductivity enhancement followed by low voltage iontophoresis.
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65 Claims
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1. A method for applying an electrical transdermal process to a patient comprising the steps of:
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selecting between applying a traditional iontophoretic treatment and a low voltage treatment to the patient with a device, the low voltage iontophoretic treatment comprising the steps of applying an electrical conductivity enhancement treatment to the patient and applying a low voltage iontophoretic treatment to the patient; and
,applying the selected treatment to the patient with the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for applying an iontophoretic transdermal process to a body site comprising the steps of:
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determining to apply a treatment mode from one or more treatment modes provided by a device comprising a traditional iontophoresis mode; and
,determining to apply an electrical conductivity enhancement mode from one or more electrical conductivity enhancement modes provided by the device followed by applying a low voltage iontophoresis mode to the body site. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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- 38. A method comprising the steps of determining the electrical characteristics for a second stage low voltage iontophoresis phase during the first stage electrical of a conductivity enhancement phase and utilizing the electrical characteristics obtained to pre-verify completion of follow-up low voltage iontophoresis phase within a finite period of time.
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51. A method for applying an iontophoretic transdermal process to a body site comprising the steps of:
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determining whether to apply a treatment mode from a plurality of treatment modes comprising a low current mode, a medium current mode, a high current mode; determining whether to enhance the electrical conductivity of the body site; and
,determining whether to apply the selected treatment mode to the body site. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method for applying an iontophoretic transdermal process to a body site comprising the steps of:
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providing a iontophoresis controller having a housing iincluding a key; and providing an iontophoretic patch having a connector mounted thereon, the connector capable of being operatively attached to the housing via the key. - View Dependent Claims (65)
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