Electrokinetic delivery of medicaments
First Claim
1. An electrokinetic delivery system for personal use in self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site on an individual, comprising:
- a device for releasable securement to an individual'"'"'s finger and shaped in part to conform to at least a portion of the individual'"'"'s finger;
at least one of an electrically conductive medicament or a medicament with an electrically conductive carrier therefor;
a retainer for releasably securing the device to the individual'"'"'s finger;
a self-contained power source carried by said device;
a first electrode carried by said device adjacent a distal end portion thereof and adjacent the tip of the individual'"'"'s finger upon retention of the device on the individual'"'"'s finger, said first electrode being in electrical contact with said power source;
a second electrode carried by said device for electrical contact with a portion of the individual'"'"'s finger, said second electrode being in electrical contact with said power source whereby, upon application of said first electrode to a treatment site with said at least one medicament interposed between the first electrode and the treatment site and completion of an electrical circuit through the first electrode, the at least one medicament, the treatment site, the individual'"'"'s body, said second electrode and said power source, said device causes an electrical current to flow for electrokinetically driving the at least one medicament into the treatment site.
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Abstract
An electrokinetic delivery or diagnostic device for personal use and self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site is provided. The device includes a housing containing a power supply, a first active electrode and a ground tactile electrode. An applicator includes a pad for containing medicament for overlying the first electrode of the device. The medicament may be applied by the user to the pad, contained within the pad or contained in rupturable capsules within the pad, together with a hydrogel if necessary for imparting electrical conductivity whereby, upon application of the applicator to the treatment site, the medicament is electrokinetically transported into the treatment site. In another form, the applicator is self-contained, having a power supply, a first electrode overlying a pad and a ground electrode from the opposite side from the pad whereby the individual presses the pad against the treatment site to complete the electrical circuit and electrokinetically drive the medicament into the treatment site.
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50 Claims
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1. An electrokinetic delivery system for personal use in self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site on an individual, comprising:
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a device for releasable securement to an individual'"'"'s finger and shaped in part to conform to at least a portion of the individual'"'"'s finger;
at least one of an electrically conductive medicament or a medicament with an electrically conductive carrier therefor;
a retainer for releasably securing the device to the individual'"'"'s finger;
a self-contained power source carried by said device;
a first electrode carried by said device adjacent a distal end portion thereof and adjacent the tip of the individual'"'"'s finger upon retention of the device on the individual'"'"'s finger, said first electrode being in electrical contact with said power source;
a second electrode carried by said device for electrical contact with a portion of the individual'"'"'s finger, said second electrode being in electrical contact with said power source whereby, upon application of said first electrode to a treatment site with said at least one medicament interposed between the first electrode and the treatment site and completion of an electrical circuit through the first electrode, the at least one medicament, the treatment site, the individual'"'"'s body, said second electrode and said power source, said device causes an electrical current to flow for electrokinetically driving the at least one medicament into the treatment site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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