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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Assignee:
Zars, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/70 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for improving administration of analgesics through the use of heat. The present invention relates to the use of heat in conjunction with specially designed transdermal analgesic delivery systems and conventional commercial transdermal analgesic delivery systems to alter, mainly increase, the analgesic release rate from the transdermal analgesic delivery systems or the depot sites to accommodate certain clinical needs.