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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1987
Carl C Peck, Rockville, MD (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method for the non-invasive, continuous collection of substances which transdermally migrate to and vaporize at the surface of the skin of a subject comprises providing a binding reservoir material juxtaposed at the surface of the skin of a subject, and continuously maintaining the binding reservoir material in a substantially airtight relation with the skin surface over an entire collection period. The apparatus comprises a binding reservoir material and means for continuously maintaining the binding reservoir material juxtaposed at the skin surface of the subject in a substantially airtight relation wiht the skin surface.