Patent 5427585 Issued on June 27, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: March 29, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
A transdermal medication system wherein said medication is selectively dispensed on-demand from multiple reservoirs within a disposable patch so as to vary the drug choice and the drug concentration, and thereby the regimen and release rate. In a preferred embodiment electric resistance heating activates multiple heat-shrink polymer reservoirs into an absorbent layer for transdermal passage. An embodiment of the invention dispenses a heated moisturizing fluid to facilitate transdermal transfer. In another embodiment, depletion indication is provided.
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March 29, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
