Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

An integrated Mg battery-powered iontophoresis patch for efficient and controllable transdermal drug delivery

  • Yan Zhou,
  • Xiaoteng Jia,
  • Daxin Pang,
  • Shan Jiang,
  • Meihua Zhu,
  • Geyu Lu,
  • Yaping Tian,
  • Caiyun Wang,
  • Danming Chao,
  • Gordon Wallace

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35990-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Wearable transdermal iontophoresis offers advantages for patient-comfort when deploying epidermal diseases treatments but current self-powered iontophoresis based on energy harvesters is limited in the support of efficient long-term operation therapeutic administration. Here, the authors propose a simplified wearable iontophoresis patch with a built-in Mg battery for efficient and controllable transdermal delivery.