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Iontophoretic treatment apparatus

  • US 4,340,047 A
  • Filed: 02/08/1980
  • Issued: 07/20/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for applying an iontophoretic treatment to a living body, comprising:

  • a pair of electrodes adapted to contact the skin of the body, in spaced relationship to each other;

    a supply capacitor coupled across the electrodes for supplying electrical current for conduction through the body, from one electrode to the other;

    switch means for charging the supply capacitor at regular intervals of time; and

    means for controllably adjusting the frequency at which the switch means operates to charge the supply capacitor, to adjust the magnitudes of the voltage on the capacitor and the electrical current supplied by the capacitor, correspondingly.

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