Iontophoresis: A Non-Invasive Method of Propelling High Concentrations of a Charged Substance

Abstract

The focus of this study is to review the latest developments and technologies on the field of medical science in penetrating chemical solutions through the skin.Formally, the modality can be defined thus:  "a non-invasive method of propelling high concentrations of a charged substance, (normally a medication or bioactive agent), Trans dermally by repulsive electromotive force using a small electrical charge applied to an iontophoretic chamber containing a similarly charged active agent and its vehicle". The term iontophoresis is simply defined as ion transfer (ionto = ion; phoresis = transfer).  This includes new methodologies of insertion of chemical in to human body without any rupture in the peripheral in the receiver's body.Furthermore, the study looked into the reduction of transfusion prone diseases such as HIV etc. this also reduce the human fear and pain which is experienced during the process of injection of chemicals to the body. Nowadays the use of needles and injectors have effectively increases the cost of medicines which is available to commoners, so that this would be an alternative and this would be used again and again without and damage and neither would have an adverse effect on the being on which the chemical substance is used upon. Advancement on this will not only be an help to human kind but will be also an great achievement on medical science because after this it won't require an experienced hand to inject chemicals to an person.