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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:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
J. Bradley Phipps, Plymouth, MN (US);
Gary A. Lattin, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
ALZA Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/30 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for adjusting, i.e., varying, the rate of delivery of a therapeutic agent through a body surface from an electrotransport assembly of the type which includes a predetermined, e.g., fixed, output electronic controller and a detachable therapeutic agent source. The method provides a plurality of therapeutic agent sources in which a single parameter or a series of parameters has been varied. The plurality of agent sources are supplied, one at a time, to the controller of the electrotransport assembly, so that together (i.e., source and controller) the agent delivery rate is varied.