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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:
West View Research, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert F. Gazdzinski, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
West View Research, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/073 (2013.01); A61B 1/0002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00032 (2013.01); A61B 1/00036 (2013.01); A61B 1/00156 (2013.01); A61B 1/00158 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/1107 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/411 (2013.01); A61B 5/42 (2013.01); A61B 5/4255 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61B 5/7257 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61M 5/145 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61M 31/002 (2013.01); A61N 2/002 (2013.01); A61N 5/1007 (2013.01); A61N 5/1014 (2013.01); A61B 1/00029 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 5/7225 (2013.01); A61B 5/7232 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1726 (2013.01); A61M 2202/07 (2013.01); A61M 2205/10 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3507 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1042 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1005 (2013.01); H04L 1/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved device which is introduced into the intestinal tract of a living organism and which operates autonomously therein, adapted to deliver one or more therapeutic agents. In one embodiment, the probe communicates wirelessly with a portable electronic device outside the organism in order to receive commands to deliver the therapeutic agent, or perform other functions while the probe is within the intestinal tract.