Patent ID: 6980854

Claim:
An apparatus for transdermal delivery of a skin treatment drug to a patient's skin, comprising: a probe having a head with one central electrode and at least two peripheral electrodes disposed around the one central electrode; a vibrating plate provided adjacent to the head; a mechanical vibrator; a first solution-absorbing pad provided against a first electrode containing region of a surface of the probe head; a second solution-absorbing pad provided against a second electrode containing region of the surface of the head, the second solution-absorbing pad being different and spaced away from said first solution-absorbing pad; and a pulse generator configured to deliver bursts of electrical pulses to the one central electrode and the at least two peripheral electrodes, wherein bursts of electrical pulses are provided to the patient's skin by way of the one central electrode and the at least two peripheral electrodes, at a same phase or a same frequency, or at an integer multiple or submultiple thereof, as mechanical vibrations being provided to the patient's skin by way of the vibrating plate, and wherein the second solution absorbing pad is adapted to include a physiological solution and the second solution absorbing pad is adapted to include a drug solution.