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Iontophoretic and electroosmotic disc treatment

  • US 8,676,348 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2012
  • Issued: 03/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for treating a body of a subject, the apparatus comprising:

  • a first electrode, configured to be placed at a first site in the body of the subject;

    a second electrode, configured to be placed at a second site in the body of the subject;

    a pressure sensor, configured to detect a pressure at at least the first site; and

    a control unit, configured to, at least in part responsively to the detected pressure, induce electroosmotic movement of a fluid in tissue at the first site to tissue at the second site, by driving a current between the first and second electrodes.

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