Patent ID: 7127285

Claim:
A method of treatment by electrokinetic self-administration of a medicament into a treatment site for an individual, comprising: providing a device shaped in part to conform to at least a portion of an individual's finger and having a self-contained alternating current power source, a treatment electrode, an auxiliary electrode and a counter electrode; releasably retaining the device on the individual's finger with the counter electrode in electrical contact with the individual's finger; while the device remains on the individual's finger, placing the treatment electrode in electrical contact with the individual's treatment site with the medicament interposed between the treatment electrode and the treatment site; and supplying current to said electrodes when said electrodes are in electrical contact with the body so that a unidirectional current flow for delivering the medicament into the body is maintained through the treatment electrode at the treatment site and a bidirectional current flow is maintained through the body.