Local Delivery of Drugs or Substances Using Electronic Permeability Increase
OwnerZiv Belsky, Marina Tsad-Kin-Tamirinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for use in conjunction with a drug delivered to a gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a subject. The apparatus includes an ingestible capsule, which includes one or more electrodes, and a control component, adapted to drive the electrodes to apply an electrical current that induces local delivery of the drug in target tissue of the GI tract. Additional embodiments are also described.
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The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the capsule is adapted to store a chemical, and to release the chemical to induce the vasoconstriction.
The apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the one or more electrodes comprise one or more vasoconstriction-inducing electrodes, and wherein the control component is adapted to configure the electrical current applied to the GI tract to be capable of inducing vasoconstriction.
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The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the ingestible capsule is adapted to induce vasoconstriction of GI tract blood vessels of the subject to a greater extent than any induction of vasoconstriction of non-GI-tract blood vessels by the capsule.
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Apparatus for use in conjunction with a drug delivered to a gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a subject, the apparatus comprising an ingestible capsule, which comprises:
- one or more electrodes;
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- a control component, adapted to drive the electrodes to apply an electrical current that induces local delivery of the drug in target tissue of the GI tract.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.