An electrophoretic method to deliver topical drugs to the eye.

It is possible that many patients avoid complete ophthalmic exams because pupil dilation is slow, reversal sluggish, and vision blurred. Others experience incomplete dilation during exams or prior to surgery when good dilation is essential to successful outcome. Iontophoresis, the application of low-level electrical current to promote traversal of desired molecules across a boundary, has been used for many years and has recently become common in transdermal drug delivery.