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Method for iontophoretic treatment

US4301794A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 1978
Grant dateNov 24, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 18, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/325
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for applying iontophoretic treatment to a living body is provided by which a unidirectional treatment current is periodically interrupted by a relatively short pulse of current in the opposite direction in order to prevent the formation of undesirable vesicles and bulla in the skin being treated. The apparatus and method are arranged to impose the treatment current gradually at the beginning of each treatment.

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