Patent ID: 7016724

Claim:
An electrokinetic delivery system for self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site, comprising: an applicator having a self-contained power source, processing circuitry, an active electrode on one side of said applicator and a counter electrode on an opposite side of said applicator, said power source, circuitry and said electrode lying in electrical contact with one another; a touch-sensitive switch on the applicator whereby, upon application of the applicator to a treatment site with the medicament or a carrier therefor interposed between the applicator and the treatment site, and application of an individual's finger to said counter electrode to activate the touch-sensitive switch and to maintain the applicator against the treatment site, completion of an electrical circuit through the active electrode, the medicament or a carrier thereof, the treatment site, the individual's body including the finger overlying the counter electrode causes an electrical current to flow for electrokinetically driving the medicament into the treatment site.