Patents by Inventor Kyösti Kontturi

Kyösti Kontturi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150182745
    Abstract: A device based on iontophoresis and intended for transdermal dosing of an active agent, said device comprising a pair of electrodes (11,12), which can be connected to a direct-current source, and two chambers (13, 14), separated from each other, the first chamber (13) containing the active agent, each chamber having a porous membrane (15, 16) on the side facing the individual's skin, and the first chamber (13) being divided in two sections (13a, 13b) in such a manner that the first chamber section (13a) is in contact with the electrode (11) and the second chamber section (13b) is in contact with the membrane (15) coming into contact with an individual's skin, wherein between the chamber sections (13a and 13b) is a membrane (18) selectively permeable either to cations or to anions, the first chamber section (13a) containing an electrolyte and the second chamber section (13b) containing the ionic active agent, bound to a ion exchanger therein, which in turn preferably comprises fibres and ion exchanging grou
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: NOVAGENT OY
    Inventors: Kyösti Kontturi, Jouni Hirvonen, Lauri Viitala, Maija Pohjakallio