Apparatus for electrotherapy drug delivery with added impurities
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1. A current distribution element for an electrotherapeutic system including a power source for driving an electrolytic chemical reaction and facilitating delivery of a drug dose, the current distribution element comprising:
- a first electrode including a first material having a resistance, and-configured to deliver a drug dose; and
a second electrode including a second material having a resistance, and configured to return current to the power source;
wherein current is delivered from the first electrode to the second electrode, thereby delivering the drug dose and causing electroplating on the second electrode with a nonconductive substance formed from the second material wherein impurities added to the second material facilitate electroplating on the second electrode, thereby varying the resistance over time in accordance with a predetermined resistance profile.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for an electrotherapeutic system including a first and second electrode. Each electrode includes a respective resistance wherein during operation of the electrotherapeutic system, an electrochemical reaction involving one or both of the electrodes varies the respective resistance of at least one of the electrodes.
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1. A current distribution element for an electrotherapeutic system including a power source for driving an electrolytic chemical reaction and facilitating delivery of a drug dose, the current distribution element comprising:
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a first electrode including a first material having a resistance, and-configured to deliver a drug dose; and a second electrode including a second material having a resistance, and configured to return current to the power source; wherein current is delivered from the first electrode to the second electrode, thereby delivering the drug dose and causing electroplating on the second electrode with a nonconductive substance formed from the second material wherein impurities added to the second material facilitate electroplating on the second electrode, thereby varying the resistance over time in accordance with a predetermined resistance profile. - 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)
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30. An electrotherapeutic system comprising:
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a housing; a current distribution element including a first electrode including a first material having a resistance, and configured to deliver a drug dose and a second electrode including a second material having a resistance, the current distribution element being attached to the housing, a power source being operably connected between the first and second electrodes, wherein the second electrode is configured to return current to the power source; a first hydratable matrix being operably attached to the first electrode, the first hydratable matrix containing a first ionic solution; a second hydratable matrix being operably attached to the second electrode, the second hydratable matrix containing a second ionic solution, wherein current is delivered from the first electrode to the second electrode, thereby delivering the drug dose and, wherein interaction of the second hydratable matrix with the second electrode causes electroplating on the second electrode with a nonconductive substance formed from the second material, wherein a composition of the second hydratable matrix is configured to facilitate the electroplating thereby varying a resistance over time in accordance with a predetermined resistance profile. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A current distribution element for an electrotherapeutic system including a power source for driving an electrolytic chemical reaction, the current distribution element comprising:
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a first electrode including a first material having a resistance; a second electrode including a second material having a resistance; and
,a power source connector being operably connected between the first and second electrodes, wherein during operation of the electrotherapeutic system, an electrochemical reaction causes electroplating on the second electrode with a nonconductive substance formed from the second material wherein impurities added to the second material facilitate electroplating on the second material, thereby varying the resistance over time in accordance with a predetermined resistance profile. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58)
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59. An electrotherapeutic system comprising:
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a housing; a current distribution element including a first electrode including a first material having a resistance, and a second electrode including a second material having a resistance, the current distribution element being attached to the housing; a power source being operably connected between the first and second electrodes; a first hydratable matrix being operably attached to the first electrode, the first hydratable matrix containing a first ionic solution; a second hydratable matrix being operably attached to the second electrode, the second hydratable matrix containing a second ionic solution; wherein during operation of the electrotherapeutic system, an electrochemical reaction involving a portion of the current distribution element in combination with the second hydratable matrix and its respective ionic solution causes electroplating on the second electrode with a nonconductive substance formed from the second material, wherein a composition on the second hydratable matrix is configured to facilitate the electroplating thereby varying a resistance over time in accordance with a predetermined resistance profile. - View Dependent Claims (60)
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