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Apparatus for electrically mediated delivery of therapeutic agents

  • US 9,364,664 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2005
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for the delivery of an electrical field which facilitates the intracellular delivery of a therapeutic agent to a predetermined site within the tissue of a patient comprising:

  • a plurality of penetrating electrodes arranged in a predetermined spatial relationship, each electrode with a cross sectional area contributing to the total cross sectional area of all electrodes;

    an applicator housing an inanimate source of energy operatively connected to said plurality of electrodes for deploying said electrodes from the apparatus;

    an electrical field generator which facilitates the intracellular delivery of a therapeutic agent, which electric field generator is operatively connected to said electrodes at least in their deployed state; and

    at least one cantilevered extension of a cartridge that engages an injection drive mechanism of said applicator to passively prime said inanimate source of energy when said cartridge is inserted into said applicator.

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