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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Avraham Shekalim, Nesher, IL;
Inventor:
Avraham Shekalim, Nesher, IL;
Assignee:
Microsert Ltd., Yokneam Hamoshava, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/0017 (2013.01); A61M 5/3297 (2013.01); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system () and corresponding method for introducing a drug delivery device () through at least part of a biological barrier starts with the drug delivery device () deployed within a channel of a hollow needle (). The hollow needle is inserted into the biological barrier and the drug delivery device is pushed forward by a suitable plunger. The drug delivery device is preferably anchored to the biological barrier through a radially expanding retention arrangement (), and is preferably filled with a liquid drug after deployment via a filling needle () extending within the channel of the hollow needle ().