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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Leroy E. Hood, Seattle, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Leroy E. Hood, Seattle, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
The Invention Science Fund I, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or into an additional fluid handling structure within the osmotic pump device. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.