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Abstract

An active transdermal medicament patch includes a planar substrate with a therapeutic face releasably retainable against the skin of a patient. A return electrode and a medicament matrix susceptible to permeation by medicament are secured at separated locations on the therapeutic face. Each electrically conductively engages the skin, when the substrate is retained thereon. A power source carried on the substrate is electrically coupled between the medicament matrix and a programmed microprocessor also carried on the substrate. A substantially invariant voltage presented at an output contact of the microprocessor is applied during a predetermined therapy period across the skin between the medicament matrix and the return electrode, inducing transcutaneous migration of medicament into the skin at a substantially constant rate. A light-emitting diode carried on the substrate and coupled to the microprocessor communicates that the patch is operating.

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