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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Robert S. Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Newton, MA (US);
Sahab I Babaee, Arlington, MA (US);
Simo Pajovic, Mississauga, CA;
Jiuyun | Shi, Chicago, IL (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Residence devices for long term delivery of therapeutic compounds and/or for sensing one or more relevant parameters in vivo are disclosed. In one embodiment, a residence device may include a plurality of links interconnected by a corresponding plurality of flexible hinges to permit the residence device to be deformed into a contracted configuration and subsequently permitted to return to an expanded configuration once positioned in a desired location, such as the stomach, of a subject. In some instances, at least a portion of the interconnected links may include a first link segment, a second link segment, and a coupling that selectively connects the first link segment to the second link segment. The coupling may be configured to weaken or decouple a connection between the first link segment and the second link segment when exposed to a temperature greater than a threshold temperature to selectively weaken and/or disassemble the residence device.