Patent ID: 8047399

Claim:
A dispenser configured to dispense a transdermal patch in an electrically charged state for microporation of skin of a user of the transdermal patch, comprising: a housing having a well sized to receive the transdermal patch; a pair of electrodes extending into the well and below any transdermal patch seated therein; a power circuit electrically connectable to the electrodes to apply a voltage thereacross; a switch electrically interposed between at least one of the electrodes and the power circuit and operative to selectively apply the voltage from the power circuit across the electrodes to thereby place the transdermal patch in the electrically charged state while received in the well; and a bearing surface having a first position clear of any transdermal patch in the well and a second position that bears down upon the transdermal patch at a location proximate to the electrodes so as to electrically engage the electrodes with the transdermal patch, whereby the transdermal patch is separable from the dispenser in the electrically charged state prior to use by the user and configured to effect microporation of the skin of the user of the transdermal patch by discharge from the electrically charged state.