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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philippe Millot, Orgeux, FR;
Assignee:
Iomed, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/100 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the invention, an ionophoresis current (I) assisting administration is temporarily adjusted to a predetermined value (I ) corresponding to a point on a rectilinear portion (0 ) adjoining the origin of the current/voltage characteristics of the skin of the patient, the voltage (V ) then present between the two electrodes applying the ionophoresis current to the skin of the patient is measured and the measured cutaneous resistance (R ) is obtained from the measured voltage (V ) and the predetermined value (I ) of the ionophoresis current.