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Device and method for increasing the transdermal permeation of medicaments

US6756052B1 · kind B1 · utility

15Cited by

23References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Koch · Heiligenhaus, DE
Christian Von Falkenhausen · Bonn, DE
Rudolf Matusch · Marburg, DE
Bernd Adam · Treysa, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2001
Grant date	Jun 29, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K45/06
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method for increasing the transdermal permeation of medications. The invention is characterized in that a constituent which effects a local increase in temperature and/or an increase in blood flow or the skin is administered in a addition to the transdermally applied active substance.

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