Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a drug delivery device for driving an electrotransport current through a body surface of a user is provided. The device includes a patch with two electrodes and one or more reservoirs storing a therapeutic agent. The one or more reservoirs release the therapeutic agent into the body surface of the user when the reservoirs are positioned over the electrodes to form an electrical path for the electrotransport current. The device includes a controller which controls a controllable power supply to drive the electrotransport current through the body surface of the user in a predetermined profile.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 2009
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2015
Assignee:
NuPathe, Inc.
Inventors:
David Saar, Bogdan Mariusz Baudis, Rainuka Gupta, Vaishali Vilas Kamat, Matthew Kent Reich, Rajagopalan Srinivasan
Abstract: Methods for restoring normal patterns of activity in a subject suffering from Parkinson's Disease are disclosed that include administering an effective steady state concentration of a dopamine modulating compound continuously for a prolonged period of time such that normal patterns of activity are substantially restored in the subject.
Abstract: A system is provided for testing whether an iontophoretic drug delivery device is in an appropriate state for administering a therapeutic agent into an animal body. An electrical characteristic of at least one electrical path associated with an electrode test point is used to determine whether the iontophoretic device is in an appropriate state. The measured electrical characteristic indicates that the iontophoretic device is in an appropriate state for administering the therapeutic agent into the animal body when the therapeutic agent is properly disposed with respect to the electrodes of the iontophoretic device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 14, 2012
Publication date:
May 15, 2014
Applicant:
NUPATHE, INC.
Inventors:
Ronalee Lo Mann, Jason Clevenger, David Saar
Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a drug delivery device for driving an electrotransport current through a body surface of a user is provided. The device includes a patch with two electrodes and one or more reservoirs storing a therapeutic agent. The one or more reservoirs release the therapeutic agent into the body surface of the user when the reservoirs are positioned over the electrodes to form an electrical path for the electrotransport current. The device includes a controller which controls a controllable power supply to drive the electrotransport current through the body surface of the user in a predetermined profile.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 29, 2009
Publication date:
October 14, 2010
Applicant:
NuPathe, Inc.
Inventors:
David Saar, Bogdan Mariusz Baudis, Rainuka Gupta, Vaishali Vilas Kamat, Matthew Kent Reich, Rajagopalan Srinivasan