What is electrotransportation?

What is electrotransportation?

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The complicated version: Electrotransport, or Iontophoresis, is a non-invasive method of propelling high concentrations of a charged substance, normally medication or bioactive-agents, transdermally by repulsive electromotive force using a small electrical charge applied to an iontophoretic chamber containing a similarly charged active agent and its vehicle.

To clarify, one or two chambers are filled with a solution containing an active ingredient and its solvent, termed the vehicle. The positively charged chamber, termed the anode will repel a positively charged chemical, whilst the negatively charged chamber, termed the cathode, will repel a negatively charged chemical.