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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Microchips, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Robert Farra, Acton, MA (US);
MICROCHIPS BIOTECH, INC., Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
Containment devices and methods of manufacture and assembly are provided. In an embodiment, the containment device includes an elongated microchip element comprising one or more containment reservoirs that are configured to be electrically activated to open. The containment device also include an elongated electronic printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a substrate. The elongated PCB comprises a first side on which one or more electronic components are fixed and an opposed second side on which the elongated microchip element is fixed in electrical connection to the one or more electronic components. Further, the containment device includes an elongated housing fixed to the elongated PCB. The elongated housing is configured to hermetically seal the one or more electronic components of the elongated PCB within the elongated housing.