The IontoPatch contains an innovative self-contained battery that produces an electric current to carry drug molecules non-invasively across the skin and to underlying tissue. There is no need for an external power source. Drug delivery is shut off automatically when the prescribed dosage has been administered. The IontoPatch is single use and disposable. Since there are no external batteries or wires, patients are able to return to their daily activities wearing the patch and receiving time-released iontophoresis.
A non-sterile device designed as a patch that is fixed on the skin, typically with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, intended to be used as an alternative to injections for the transport of ionic-solution medication (e.g., soluble salts) through the movement of ions, resulting from an applied electric field, to locally administer the medication transcutaneously (transdermal). It typically consists of a positive and a negative electrode, a reservoir/drug chamber(s) that hold the medication, a battery, and a perimeter adhesive; the reservoir must be filled by the user with the drug prior to use. This is a single-use device.
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