MULTIPLE PART ELECTROTRANSPORT DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE
First Claim
1. An electrotransport device for delivering a therapeutic agent through a body surface of a patient, the device comprising:
- agent module having a first end, a second end, and including a compartment containing the therapeutic agent for electrotransporting through the body surface, the agent module further including a coupler and including a cutout forming a channel having a narrow channel portion and a less narrow channel portion with channel walls;
electronic module having a first end and a second end corresponding to the first end and second end of the agent module, and including a coupler for coupling with corresponding coupler of the agent module, the electronic module having a body with a narrow portion and a less narrow portion corresponding to the narrow portion and the less narrow portion of the channel in the agent module, the narrow portion of the electronic module terminating about its first end, the electronic module including circuitry for electrically driving the therapeutic agent for electrotransport.
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Abstract
An electrotransport device for delivering a therapeutic agent through a body surface of a patient. The device has an electronic module that can be coupled with a reservoir module to form the electrotransport device. The reservoir module has a reservoir that contains the therapeutic agent for delivery through the body surface by electrotransport. The reservoir module also has a cutout forming a channel having a narrow channel portion and a less narrow channel portion with channel walls. The electronic module has circuitry for electrically driving the therapeutic agent for electrotransport and having a body with a narrow portion and a less narrow portion corresponding to the narrow channel portion and the less narrow channel portion. The narrow portion of the electronic module can be guided into the narrow channel portion through the less narrow channel portion of the reservoir module.
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23 Claims
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1. An electrotransport device for delivering a therapeutic agent through a body surface of a patient, the device comprising:
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agent module having a first end, a second end, and including a compartment containing the therapeutic agent for electrotransporting through the body surface, the agent module further including a coupler and including a cutout forming a channel having a narrow channel portion and a less narrow channel portion with channel walls; electronic module having a first end and a second end corresponding to the first end and second end of the agent module, and including a coupler for coupling with corresponding coupler of the agent module, the electronic module having a body with a narrow portion and a less narrow portion corresponding to the narrow portion and the less narrow portion of the channel in the agent module, the narrow portion of the electronic module terminating about its first end, the electronic module including circuitry for electrically driving the therapeutic agent for electrotransport. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of making an electrotransport device for delivering a therapeutic agent through a body surface of a patient, comprising coupling an agent module to an electronic module, wherein the agent module has a first end, a second end, and including a compartment which contains the therapeutic agent for delivery through the body surface, the agent module including a coupler, the agent module further including a cutout forming a channel having a narrow channel portion and a less narrow channel portion with channel walls;
- the electronic module having a first end and a second end corresponding to the first end and second end of the agent module, and a coupler for coupling with corresponding coupler of the agent module, the electronic module including circuitry for electrically driving the therapeutic agent for electrotransport, the electronic module having a body with a narrow portion and a less narrow portion corresponding to the narrow channel portion and less narrow channel portion of the agent module, the narrow portion of the electronic module terminating about the first end;
the method further comprising guiding the less narrow portion and the narrow portion of the electronic module into the less narrow channel portion and narrow channel portion of the agent module. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- the electronic module having a first end and a second end corresponding to the first end and second end of the agent module, and a coupler for coupling with corresponding coupler of the agent module, the electronic module including circuitry for electrically driving the therapeutic agent for electrotransport, the electronic module having a body with a narrow portion and a less narrow portion corresponding to the narrow channel portion and less narrow channel portion of the agent module, the narrow portion of the electronic module terminating about the first end;
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23. A method of making an electrotransport device for delivering a therapeutic agent through a body surface of a patient, comprising:
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removing an agent module from a package, the agent module has a first end, a second end, and including a compartment which contains the therapeutic agent for electrotransporting through the body surface, the agent module including a coupler, the agent module further including a cutout forming a channel having a narrow channel portion and a less narrow channel portion with channel walls; removing an electronic module from another package, the electronic module having a first end and a second end corresponding to the first end and second end of the agent module, and a coupler for coupling with the corresponding coupler of the agent module, the electronic module having a body with a narrow portion and a less narrow portion corresponding to the narrow channel portion and less narrow channel portion of the agent module, the electronic module including circuitry for electrically driving the therapeutic agent for electrotransport; and coupling the agent module to the electronic module.
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Specification