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Electrokinetic delivery system for self-administration of medicaments and methods therefor

  • US 7,016,724 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2003
  • Issued: 03/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrokinetic delivery system for self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site, comprising:

  • an applicator having a self-contained power source, processing circuitry, an active electrode on one side of said applicator and a counter electrode on an opposite side of said applicator, said power source, circuitry and said electrode lying in electrical contact with one another;

    a touch-sensitive switch on the applicator whereby, upon application of the applicator to a treatment site with the medicament or a carrier therefor interposed between the applicator and the treatment site, and application of an individual'"'"'s finger to said counter electrode to activate the touch-sensitive switch and to maintain the applicator against the treatment site, completion of an electrical circuit through the active electrode, the medicament or a carrier thereof, the treatment site, the individual'"'"'s body including the finger overlying the counter electrode causes an electrical current to flow for electrokinetically driving the medicament into the treatment site.

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