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US 2014/0228782 A1Published application
Methods and devices for delivery of pharmaceutical agents within orifices of the body
AssigneeRDD Pharma Ltd.
InventorNir Barak
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Abstract
A device for drug delivery to an orifice of a subject, comprising a shell which is elastically stressed by an active pharmaceutical ingredient, said shell containing and being substantially impermeable to said active pharmaceutical ingredient, wherein said shell has at least one hole sized for in-vivo release of said active pharmaceutical ingredient as a result of elastic stressing.
Claims21
1-29. (canceled)
A drug release system comprising:
- a drug delivery device comprising:
- an elastic shell containing a pharmaceutical composition,
- wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and an active pharmaceutical ingredient, and
- wherein the shell has an upper end, sides, and a lower portion with an aperture, the upper end and sides impermeable to the active pharmaceutical ingredient and impermeable to fluid;
- and
- an elongated tail extending from the shell having at least one hole for releasing the active pharmaceutical agent,
- wherein the elongated tail is impermeable to the active pharmaceutical ingredient and impermeable to fluid;
- and
- a delivery element configured to deliver the shell into an orifice of a body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.