AGENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND USES OF SAME
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1. A method for delivering an agent to a patient from an agent delivery device, the agent delivery device including:
- an agent delivery reservoir containing an agent to be administered to a patient;
an electrolyte that is mixed with the agent and contained in the reservoir and traps the agent until electric current is applied;
an agent delivery surface in communication with the electrolyte-agent mixture, the agent delivery surface adapted to contact the patient and deliver agent received from the reservoir to the patient; and
a controller in communication with the electrolyte-agent mixture, the controller providing a series of control pulses to the electrolyte-agent mixture, each pulse allowing the delivery system to administer a portion of the agent to the patient, the series of pulses providing a temporally varying concentration of agent in the patient,the method comprising;
contacting the patient with the agent delivery surface; and
operating the controller to administer the agent to the patent.
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The use of an automated, controllable, and affixable pulsatile for treating diseases, having an automated controller for controlling the delivery of drug to a patient, an agent delivery reservoir containing an agent operatively connected to the automated controller, a reservoir controller operatively connected to the automated controller and the reservoir for controlling the delivery of agent to a patient, and a feedback control operatively connected to the automated controller for providing feedback with regard to the drug requirements of the patient for use in treating diseases.
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1. A method for delivering an agent to a patient from an agent delivery device, the agent delivery device including:
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an agent delivery reservoir containing an agent to be administered to a patient; an electrolyte that is mixed with the agent and contained in the reservoir and traps the agent until electric current is applied; an agent delivery surface in communication with the electrolyte-agent mixture, the agent delivery surface adapted to contact the patient and deliver agent received from the reservoir to the patient; and a controller in communication with the electrolyte-agent mixture, the controller providing a series of control pulses to the electrolyte-agent mixture, each pulse allowing the delivery system to administer a portion of the agent to the patient, the series of pulses providing a temporally varying concentration of agent in the patient, the method comprising; contacting the patient with the agent delivery surface; and operating the controller to administer the agent to the patent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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