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The Isis Patch™, for the first time, will deliver the clinical benefits of iontophoresis with the convenience and cost effectiveness of a drug patch.
The Isis Patch™ is a compact, wireless, active iontophoretic patch using a patented design that implements advances in microprocessors, thin film batteries, biopolymers and proprietary adhesives that allow for widespread use. (Refer to Figure 1.) The device also employs patented drug delivery techniques that will enable multiple drugs, as well as a wide variety of drugs, to be delivered.
The Isis Patch™ is supported by a powerful proprietary software based patient care management system for physicians and pharmacists. This system is at the heart of the Isis solution and allows healthcare professionals to effectively and safely manage and monitor drug delivery through the Isis Patch™.
Key features of the Isis Patch™ active drug delivery system include:
- Fully programmable; allows physicians to personalize by patient
- Each drug can be tuned to optimal performance
- Smaller, softer and pliable, feels like a band-aid
- Skin friendly polymers
- Reliable delivery of desired dosage
- Reliable cessation of drug delivery
Key benefits of the Isis Patch™ include:
- Improved compliance
- Physicians can control activation, monitor use and adjust drug delivery
- Avoidance of under and over dosing
- Eliminates skin irritation; superior adherence to skin
- Reduces the cost of conventional iontophoresis by as much as 50%
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