Ingestible device and method for sampling material and delivering drug
OwnerRogier Schoemaninventor
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Abstract
An ingestible device (10) for sampling material at least one time is provided. The ingestible device (10) comprises a first chamber (11) being enlargeable in space, comprising an inlet (6), and to be filled with the material to be sampled, a second chamber (12) comprising a toroidal reservoir (2) being diminishable in space, to be filled with liquid to be delivered, and an actuating mechanism. In this context, the actuating mechanism is configured such that triggering the actuating mechanism leads to deflate the toroidal reservoir (2) so that the first chamber (11) enlarges to collect the material to be sampled through the inlet (6) and the second chamber (12) diminishes to release the liquid through at least one outlet of the toroidal reservoir (2).
Claims20
An ingestible device for sampling material in a gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the ingestible device comprising:
- a first chamber that is enlargeable in space and that comprises an inlet;
- a second chamber comprising a toroidal reservoir that is diminishable in space;
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- an actuating mechanism,
- wherein the actuating mechanism is configured such that triggering the actuating mechanism causes the toroidal reservoir to deflate such that the first chamber enlarges to collect the material to be sampled through the inlet into the first chamber and further such that the second chamber diminishes to release a liquid therefrom through at least one outlet of the toroidal reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.