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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2014
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA (US);
Jason O. Fiering, Boston, MA (US);
Mark J. Mescher, West Newton, MA (US);
Erin E. Pararas, Swampscott, MA (US);
Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Newton, MA (US);
William F. Sewell, Sherborn, MA (US);
Sharon G. Kujawa, Bedford, MA (US);
Michael J. McKenna, Southborough, MA (US);
Ernest S. Kim, Cambridge, 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 bodily cavity of a patient over a period of time includes a drug supply reservoir to supply drug into a delivery channel and an actuator for delivering the drug to a predetermined location in the bodily cavity of the patient, such as, for example, a cochlea of a human ear. The drug is loaded into the delivery channel while producing substantially negligible flow at an outlet of the delivery channel.