Patent ID: 6748266
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A61H,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
A treatment method for enhancing absorption of substances provided on a skin surface of a patient, comprising:a) applying a substance within a syringe; b) applying a sequence of bursts of electrical pulses to an array of electrodes that are placed a region of the skin, the array of electrodes being disposed on a head of a probe; and c) at the same time as step b), causing the substance to be output from the syringe and onto the head of the probe, in a controlled manner, wherein the sequence of bursts of electrical pulses are provided to the region of the skin in order to enhance absorption of the substance applied to the region of the skin, wherein the electrodes are round electrodes with one central electrode and a plurality of non-central electrodes disposed around the central electrode, wherein one electrical pulse is provided solely to the one central electrode, and wherein another electrical pulse is provided to the plurality of non-central electrodes that are electrically connected to each other but not to the one central electrode.