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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Jie Zhang, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Larry Rigby, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Wade Hull, Taylorsville, UT (US);
Inventors:
Jie Zhang, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Larry Rigby, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Wade Hull, Taylorsville, UT (US);
Assignee:
Zars, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus to rapidly deliver a drug to a patient, the invention comprising the method of locating a drug beneath a patient's skin in a drug depot site, placing a heating component near the drug depot site and generating heat in and near the drug depot site. A control component connected to the heating component is used to control the magnitude and duration of heat generated by the heating component.