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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Gian Franco Bernabei, Florence, IT;
Gian Franco Bernabei, Florence, IT;
Mattioli Engineering Ltd., London, GB;
Abstract
A system for enhancing absorption of a substance to be provided on a region of a patient's skin, includes a probe configured to provide the substance to the region of the patient's skin, the probe including a flexible tape with a plurality of cavities, and with an electrically conductive element, such as a conductive wire, provided at one end of each of the cavities. A substance holding material, such as gauze stripes, temporarily holds the substance to be provided on the region of the patient's skin, the substance holding material being provided in each of the cavities. A pulse generator generates a sequence of bursts of electrical pulses to the electrically conductive elements provided within the cavities, so as to provide the bursts of electrical pulses to the region of the patient's skin.