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US 12,397,139 B1Granted
Geometric voids for implantable therapeutic delivery device
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsPeter Raymond Sibary, Andrian Sue, Alexander Stephen Baume
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Abstract
A device, including an electrode array carrier, that carries one or more electrode arrays, and a therapeutic substance such as for example an anti-inflammatory, wherein the therapeutic substance is located in at least one cavity of the carrier, the cavity having at least one of a non-uniform depth or a non-uniform width with respect to location in a direction of the depth that has an effective impact on a delivery of the therapeutic substance to a human.
Claims48
A device, comprising:
- an electrode array carrier;
- and
- therapeutic substance, wherein
- the therapeutic substance is located in a well of the electrode array carrier.
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The device of 1, wherein:
- there are at least four wells that are spaced apart from one another.
A device, comprising:
- an electrode array carrier;
- and
- a therapeutic substance, wherein
- the therapeutic substance is located in at least one cavity of the carrier, the cavity having at least one of a non-uniform depth or a non-uniform width with respect to location in a direction of the depth.
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A device, comprising:
- an electrode array carrier;
- and
- a therapeutic substance, wherein
- at least one of:
- the electrode array carrier and the therapeutic substance are collectively arranged to provide for a therapeutic substance release rate that is variable over time;
- or
- the therapeutic substance is located in a plurality of wells that are spaced apart from one another, at least some of the wells being located in pairs at a same distance along a longitudinal axis of the carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.