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US 2003/0216714 A1Published application
Pump
AssigneeRenishaw PLC
InventorSteven Streatfield Gill
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Abstract
The pump includes a metering pump including a rotor, at least two lengths of tubing against which the rotor is movable to urge the drug therethrough, and an outlet port associated with each of the at least two lengths of tubing. In this way, a drug may be supplied to more than one neurological target.
Claims33
An implantable drug delivery pump comprising:
- a metering pump including a rotor, at least two lengths of tubing against which the rotor is moveable to urge the drug therethrough;
- and an outlet port associated with each of the at least two lengths of tubing.
A drug reservoir unit comprising:
- an outer housing;
- a reservoir container disposed within the outer housing and arranged to be variable in volume;
- and
- a port through which a drug may fill or exit from the reservoir container leading to a separately located pump.
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An implantable drug delivery system comprising:
- a drug reservoir unit for holding a drug;
- a pump unit disposed remotely from the drug reservoir unit and including a metering pump arranged for pumping a drug from the drug reservoir unit to a delivery zone;
- and
- a supply tube disposed between the pump unit and the drug reservoir unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.