International Business Machines Corporation

Joana S B T Maria

Bing Dang

Bucknell Chapman Webb

Steven Lorenz Wright

John Ulrich Knickerbocker

Gregory M Fritz

Eric Peter Lewandowski

A digital biomedical device includes a substrate forming a reservoir, a membrane comprising a first layer and a second layer having a strain therebetween, the membrane sealing the reservoir, and a controller configured to activate the membrane and release at least a portion of the strain causing the membrane curl and open the reservoir.

Drug delivery device having a cavity sealed by a pressurized membrane

A digital biomedical device includes a substrate forming a cavity, a seal formed around the cavity, a lid coupled to the substrate by the seal, a reactive metal structure comprising a plurality of metal layers, wherein the reactive metal structure is a component of at least one of the substrate and the lid, a metal trace configured to initiate a self-propagating reaction between the plurality of metal layers of the reactive metal structure and release contents of the cavity, and a power supply configured to apply an electric current to the metal trace.

Delivery device including reactive material for programmable discrete delivery of a substance

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