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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2011
Jason O. Fiering, Boston, MA (US);
Mark J. Mescher, West Newton, MA (US);
Sharon G. Kujawa, Bedford, MA (US);
Michael J. Mckenna, Southborough, MA (US);
William F. Sewell, Sherborn, MA (US);
Jason O. Fiering, Boston, MA (US);
Mark J. Mescher, West Newton, MA (US);
Sharon G. Kujawa, Bedford, MA (US);
Michael J. McKenna, Southborough, MA (US);
William F. Sewell, Sherborn, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
An implantable drug delivery apparatus for delivering a drug into a bodily fluid in a body cavity of a patient over a period of time includes a variable-volume vessel defining a working chamber for receiving a drug and recirculating a therapeutic fluid. The fluid can contain a bodily fluid, such as, for example, perilymph, and a drug. The device allows for the controlled delivery of the therapeutic fluid to a predetermined location in the bodily cavity of the patient, such as, for example, a cochlea of a human ear.