Patents Assigned to Vibrx, Inc.
  • Apparatus and method for sonically enhanced drug delivery
    Patent number: 6024717
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering medicament media into tissue comprises a medicament supply assembly and an oscillatory drive assembly. The medicament supply assembly includes a medicament transfer surface, and the oscillatory drive assembly includes a housing, a coil mounted within the housing, and a magnet suspended within the housing. By applying an electrical drive signal to the coil, the housing can be oscillated to phonophoretically enhance delivery of medicament from the medicament transfer surface into tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Vibrx, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey R. Ball, Bob H. Katz