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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2009
Hans Zou, Windsor, NJ (US);
Jeff Shimizu, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Lucian R. Albu, Forrest Hills, NY (US);
Johan F. Dijksman, Eindhoven, NL;
Hans Zou, Windsor, NJ (US);
Jeff Shimizu, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Lucian R. Albu, Forrest Hills, NY (US);
Johan F. Dijksman, Eindhoven, NL;
Medimetrics Personalized Drug Delivery, Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Electronic pill () comprising a plurality of medicine reservoirs (), each of the reservoirs comprising a discharge opening () covered by a removable cover (). The pill comprises at least one actuator responsive to control circuitry for removing the cover from the discharge opening (). The actuator can for example be a spring loaded piston () breaking a foil cover when dispensing the medicament.Alternatively, the cover can be a rotatable disk () or cylinder () with an opening () which can be brought in line with the discharge opening of a reservoir under the action of the actuator.