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User-activated transdermal therapeutic system

US4917676A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1988
Grant dateApr 17, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/7092
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A transdermal drug delivery system which is manufactured in a pre-activated state for at least one of storage stability, manufacture safety, user safety, or control of release characteristic considerations and which is activated by a patient (or other person applying the system to the patient) just prior to or immediately after applying the system to the patient's skin is disclosed.

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