Patent ID: 8116860

Claim:
A transdermal permeant delivery system for delivery of at least one permeant into a tissue membrane of a subject, comprising: a disposable substrate having an upper substrate surface and defining a poration area; a first release liner having a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, wherein at least a portion of the bottom surface of the first release liner is connected to the upper substrate surface; and a patch that is selectively removable from the top surface of the first release liner, comprising: a backing layer having an upper surface and an opposed lower surface; and a reservoir mounted thereon a portion of the lower surface of the backing layer and configured for releaseably containing the at least one permeant; wherein, in a connected position, a first portion of the backing layer is releaseably mounted thereto the top surface of the first release liner in spaced registration with the poration area of the substrate, and wherein, in the connected position, a second portion of the backing layer is folded back into a folded position, in which the lower surface of the second portion of the backing layer faces outwardly away from the upper substrate surface of the substrate.