Patent ID: 8224439

Claim:
An apparatus for treating an area of biologic tissue comprising: a substrate having a substrate surface; multiple first reservoirs joined with said substrate, said multiple first reservoirs including one of a reducing agent and an oxidizing agent, said multiple first reservoirs being positioned on said substrate surface, said multiple first reservoirs including a first pattern of reservoirs; and multiple composite reservoirs joined with said substrate, each of said multiple composite reservoirs including a first portion and a second portion, wherein said first portion of said each of said composite reservoirs is alternately arranged with said second portion of said each of said composite reservoirs, said first portion including the other of said reducing agent and said oxidizing agent, and said second portion including a treatment composition, said multiple composite reservoirs being positioned on said substrate surface, and said multiple composite reservoirs including a second pattern of reservoirs interleaved with said first pattern of reservoirs to form an alternating arrangement of said first reservoirs and said composite reservoirs, said alternating arrangement of said first and composite reservoirs defining an active surface of said apparatus, said active surface being adapted to be placed in contact with said area of biologic tissue, wherein currents are generated between adjacent ones of said first reservoirs and said first portions of said composite reservoirs in said active surface for penetration into said area of biologic tissue, and said treatment composition disperses outward from said composite reservoirs toward said area of biologic tissue.