US 11,793,980 B2Granted

Intestinal attachment device

AssigneeCelero Systems, Inc.

InventorsBenjamin D. Pless, Daniel Bacher

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Abstract

An intestinal attachment device is provided that includes an ingestible housing with a chamber having disposed therein a low-profile ribbon with a head that serves as a single attachment area for an anchor sized and configured to attach to the mucosal surface of an intestine. A disposable material is also disposed within the chamber and at least partially surrounds the ribbon. An anchor is disposed within the housing and is attached to the head of the low-profile ribbon. The anchor has a constrained and a non-constrained state and is sized and configured to attach to the mucosal surface of the intestine. The anchor is at least partially surrounded by a dissolvable material.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An intestinal attachment device comprising:

an ingestible housing having an internal chamber;
a low-profile ribbon comprising a controller comprising an electrical circuit that is configured to actuate therapeutic agent release on a fixed schedule or in response to detection of a physiological event, the ribbon disposed within the chamber and having a head and a trailing portion extending from the head, the head serving as a single attachment area for an anchor sized and configured to attach to the mucosal surface of an intestine;
a dissolvable material disposed within the chamber and at least partially surrounding the ribbon;
a fixation device disposed within the housing;
the anchor disposed within the housing and attached to the head of the low-profile ribbon, the anchor having a constrained state and a non-constrained state and sized and configured to attach to the mucosal surface of the intestine;
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another dissolvable material at least partially surrounding the anchor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/007,122Filed 31 Aug 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 31 Aug 2019
Published: US 2021/0060318 A14 Mar 2021
Granted: 24 Oct 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

A61M 31/00
Devices for introducing or retaining media
A61M 31/002
Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body: devices for releasing a drug at a continuous and controlled…
A61B 5/42
Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons: detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the gastrointestinal, the…
A61B 5/4839
Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods: combined with drug delivery

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Application62/894,725Us provisional application · filed 31 Aug 2019
US 2021/0060318 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Mar 2021
US 11,793,980 B2This patent

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