Electrokinetic delivery system for self-administration of medicaments and methods therefor
First Claim
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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Abstract
An electrokinetic delivery system for personal use in self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site on an individual includes a device shaped to conform with the shape of a portion of an individual'"'"'s finger from a tip thereof to a location past the first finger joint. A self-contained power source is carried by the device and a first electrode is carried by the device adjacent a distal end portion thereof and the tip of the individual'"'"'s finger. The first electrode is in electrical contact with the power source. A second electrode is carried by the device for contact with the individual'"'"'s finger. The second electrode is in electrical contact with the power source. Upon application of the first electrode over a treatment site with the medicament disposed between the first electrode and the treatment site and completion of an electrical circuit through the individual'"'"'s body and said electrode, the device applies current for electrokinetically driving the medicament into the treatment site.
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22 Claims
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1. An electrokinetic delivery system for self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of treatment by electrokinetic self-administration of a medicament into a treatment site for an individual, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing an applicator having a self-contained power supply, an active electrode on one side of the applicator and a counter electrode spaced from the active electrode and lying along an opposite side of said applicator, said active electrode, counter electrode and power supply being electrically coupled to one another; (b) applying the applicator to the treatment site; (c) placing a finger for electrical contact with the counter electrode on said opposite side of the applicator remote from the one side thereof to complete an electric circuit through the individual'"'"'s finger, the treatment site, medicament interposed between the active electrode and the treatment site, the active electrode and the counter electrode thereby to electrokinetically drive the medicament into the treatment site. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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