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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Suneel K Gupta, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gayatri Sathyan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rama Padmanabhan, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Assignee:
ALZA Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424400 ; 424443 ; 424447 ; 424449 ; 424451 ; 424457 ; 424464 ; 424468 ; 424469 ; 424472 ; 424473 ;
Abstract
Preferential delivery via electrotransport of a preferred isomeric form of a pharmaceutically active chiral compound from a mixture of the isomeric forms of said compound is provided. A method of decreasing the delivery via electrotransport of a less preferred isomer of a drug is also provided. Drug delivery devices suitable for such preferential delivery and methods of making the same are also provided.