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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Samson Chen, Pasadena, CA (US);
Axel Scherer, Pasadena, CA (US);
Richard Daniel Smith, Jr., Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/14 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/0009 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61J 1/1412 (2013.01); A61J 1/1468 (2015.05); A61K 9/0024 (2013.01); A61K 9/0097 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable device contains a drug or biosensing compound, protected from the external environment within a human body by several barriers which are broken upon activation of the device through electrothermal, chemical, and mechanical processes. The device allows accurate and repeated dosing within a human body, thus reducing the number of implantation procedures required. This device extends the lifetime of a biosensor, reducing the number of implantation procedures required.