Device for treatment of a barrier membrane

• US 9,050,452 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2004
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Sun, Ying, Liu, Jue-Chen, Wu, Jeffrey M., Hauschild, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): MENDEZ, MANUEL A
• Application Number:
  US11/019,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20050148996A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,821 Days
• Field of Search: 604/19, 604/20, 604/890.1, 604/891.1, 604/892.1, 604/22, 604/289, 604/500, 604/501, 607/115, 607/120, 607/149, 607/152, 607/98, 601/1, 601/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/28 Rubbing or scrubbing compositions; Peeling or abrasive compositions; Containing exfoliants
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/83 Electrophoresis; Electrodes; Electrolytic phenomena
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/19 containing inorganic ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/20 Halogens; Compounds thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/27 Zinc; Compounds thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/365 Hydroxycarboxylic acids; Ketocarboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/368 with carboxyl groups directly bound to carbon atoms of aromatic rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0428 Specially adapted for iontophoresis, e.g. AC, DC or including drug reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0436 Material of the electrode
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/044 Shape of the electrode
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0448 Drug reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0492 Patch electrodes A61N1/0412, A61N1/0428 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/205 for promoting a biological process
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/30 Apparatus for iontophoresis, i.e. transfer of media in ionic state by an electromotoric force into the body, or cataphoresis
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/303 Constructional details electrodes for external use A61N1/0428
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/325 for iontophoresis, i.e. transfer of media in ionic state by an electromotoric force into the body electrodes for external use A61N1/0428
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/008 Preparations for oily skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/02 for chemically bleaching or whitening the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/08 Anti-ageing preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/10 Washing or bathing preparations

Abstract

The present invention features a device having a barrier membrane contacting surface, the device containing: a power source; a first conductive electrode; a second conductive electrode; and a reservoir; wherein said power source is in electric communication with said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode, wherein said first conductive electrode and said second conductive electrode are arranged such that they are both capable of being in ionic communication with a carrier upon the inclusion of said carrier to said reservoir; and the use thereof.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture comprising a product selected from the group consisting of garments, cloths, socks, head caps, gloves, mittens, and bed sheets comprising a composition comprising galvanic particulates capable of generating galvanic current and comprising a first conductive metal and a second conductive metal, wherein the difference in standard potentials of the first conductive metal and the second conductive metal is at least about 0.1V.

2. The article of claim 1, wherein the composition further comprises a carrier.

3. The article of claim 1, wherein said galvanic particulates comprise said first conductive metal partially coated with said second conductive metal.

4. The article of claim 1, wherein said first conductive metal is selected from the group consisting of zinc, aluminum, copper and their alloys.

5. The article of claim 1, wherein said second conductive metal is selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, gold and their alloys.