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Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUTANEOUS ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT AND PERCUTANEOUS DRUG DELIVERY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005296629
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an apparatus and a method for cutaneous absorption enhancement of drugs by applying electrical pulses.

A treatment method and apparatus for providing a substance to be absorbed onto a surface of a patient's skin, includes applying the substance onto the surface of the patient's skin by way of a probe head that provides, at the same time: (i) bursts of electrical pulses to the skin surface, and (ii) vibrations to the skin surface. The vibrations are applied to the skin surface at a substantially same frequency rate, a first harmonic of the same frequency rate, and/or a second harmonic of the same frequency rate, as a burst rate of electrical pulses being applied to the skin surface.


Inventors:
BERNABEI GIAN FRANCO
Application Number:
JP2005047835A
Publication Date:
October 27, 2005
Filing Date:
February 23, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MATTIOLI ENG LTD
International Classes:
A61M35/00; A61H9/00; A61H23/02; A61H39/00; A61N1/30; A61N1/32; A61M37/00; A61N7/00; (IPC1-7): A61M35/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shohei Oguri
Hironori Honda
Toshimitsu Ichikawa
Takeshi Takamatsu
Yuriko Hamada