Electronic pill comprising a medicine reservoir
AssigneeMedimetrics Personalized Drug Delivery
InventorsJohan Frederik Dijksman, Anke Pierik, Jeff Shimizu, Hans Zou
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Abstract
Electronic pill (1, 11) comprising at least one medicine reservoir (2, 12) with a solid powder or granulate medicine, a discharge opening (3, 13) and an actuator responsive to control circuitry for displacing medicine from the reservoir (2, 12) to the discharge opening (3, 13). The medicine comprises a dispersion of one or more active ingredients—e.g., solids in powder or granulate form—in an inert carrier matrix. Optionally, the active ingredients are dispersed using intestinal moisture absorbed into the pill via a semi-permeable wall section (14).
Claims10
An electronic pill comprising:
- at least one medicine reservoir at least partly filled with a medicine;
- at least one discharge opening;
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- an actuator responsive to control circuitry for displacing medicine from the reservoir to the discharge opening, wherein the medicine comprises a dispersion of one or more active ingredients in a liquid inert carrier matrix and wherein the medicine is present in the reservoir at the time of administration of the electronic pill.
An electronic pill comprising:
- a reservoir defined by a sidewall of the electronic pill and a seal inside the pill,
- a discharge opening in the sidewall defining the reservoir;
- an actuator responsive to control circuitry for displacing a product from the reservoir through the discharge opening;
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- a semi-permeable membrane forming a portion of the sidewall at the discharge opening, the remainder of the sidewall defining the reservoir being impermeable, the semi-permeable membrane allowing fluid into the reservoir only adjacent the discharge opening, to mix with the product to form a mixture having a relatively higher water content proximate the discharge opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.