Implantable drug delivery 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.
Claims20
A drug delivery system comprising:
- a drug reservoir unit for holding a drug;
- an implantable pump unit disposed remotely from the drug reservoir unit and including a pump arranged for pumping a drug from the drug reservoir unit to a plurality of delivery zones, said pump unit having a plurality of outlet ports;
- and
- a supply tube disposed between the pump unit and the drug reservoir unit.
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 reservoir unit to at least one delivery zone;
- and
- a supply tube disposed between the pump unit and the drug reservoir unit, the supply tube having sufficient length between the drug resevoir unit and the pump unit;
- wherein the pump unit is implantable in the subclavicular region of the human body and the drug reservoir is implantable in the abdomen of the human body.
A method of implanting a drug delivery system in a human body, said drug delivery system including 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 one or more delivery zones and a supply tube disposed between the pump unit and the drug reservoir unit;
- wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- (i) implanting the pump unit in the subclavicular region of the human body, and (ii) implanting the drug reservoir unit in the abdomen of the human body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.