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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marshall S. Kriesel, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Science Incorporated, Bloomington, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/700 ; A61K 9/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/700 ; A61K 9/22 ;
Abstract
An implantable fluid delivery apparatus for infusing medicinal fluids into a patient that includes a novel heat responsive polymer gel material that, upon being heated by a heating coil uniquely functions as an internal energy source for expelling the medicinal fluids from the device.