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US 12,636,429 B2Granted
Drug delivery system
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsMartin Richter, Thomas Thalhofer, Lorenz Gruenerbel
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Abstract
Drug delivery system including: a reservoir having a meander shape or spiral shape, the reservoir including an inlet and a filter; a capacitance measurement device configured to determine a parameter of the reservoir; and a micropump configured to deliver a fluid from the reservoir to an outlet.
Claims14
Drug delivery system comprising:
- at least one reservoir comprising a meander shape or spiral shape, the reservoir comprising an inlet and a filter;
- a measurement device configured to determine a parameter of the at least one reservoir;
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- at least one micropump configured to deliver a fluid from the reservoir to an outlet;
- wherein the filter is arranged at the inlet and configured to allow air flowing into the reservoir when the fluid is delivered out of the reservoir;
- wherein the measurement device is implemented as capacitance measurement device comprising two electrodes arranged with the reservoir inbetween, wherein the reservoir and/or a fluid within the reservoir acts as a dielectricum;
- wherein the capacitance measurement device is configured to determine a dielectric constant and/or capacity, wherein the dielectric constant and/or, wherein the capacity is dependent on a fluid level of the reservoir;
- wherein comprising a control configured to determine the fluid level based on a capacitance signal determined by the capacitance measurement device;
- wherein the control is configured to detect using the capacitance signal determined by the capacitance measurement device at least one of the following:
- catheter blockage, pump failure or glass break.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.