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Controlled Release Therapeutic Device Or System

Controlled Release Therapeutic Device Or System patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

12/14/06 - 20060282062 - Methods and systems for neural maintenance and regeneration
Methods and systems are described that release one or both of a neurotrophin and an inhibitor of the degradation of the neurotrophin within or in the vicinity of a highly innervated tissue. In some embodiments, the method includes regulating the release of the neurotrophin and the inhibitor of degradation over ...

11/30/06 - 20060271020 - Portable drug delivery device including a detachable and replaceble administration or dosing element
A device for transdermal drug delivery and administration of differing dosages at specific times of the day automatically pursuant to a pre-programmed dosage profile. The device includes a control and display unit, a two-part dispensing mechanism, a drug reservoir, an administration element, and a solvent removal element. The dispensing mechanism ...

11/23/06 - 20060264911 - Squeeze-actuated catheter connector and method
A connector for coupling medical tubing (e.g., a catheter) to an implantable medical device. The connector, in one embodiment, may include a retaining member surrounding an optional housing. The retaining member may have at least one locking finger that extends through at least one corresponding window in the housing and ...

09/07/06 - 20060200112 - Medical infusion device having a refillable reservoir and switch for controlling fluid direction
A device for use with an infusion pump is provided. In one exemplary embodiment the device comprises a body portion defining an orifice extending along a first axis, and a first plurality of channels extending along a second axis; and a controller disposed within the orifice and adapted to rotate ...

08/03/06 - 20060173443 - Delivery system for therapy comprising hollow seed, preferably polymeric
Hollow metal and polymeric containers (or seeds) are provided having a therapeutic agent encapsulated therein, e.g., a nucleic acid or cytokine, that diffuses out of the seeds via one or more holes disposed therein and is thereby delivered to target sites, e.g., tumor cells. These hollow seeds can be precisely ...

08/03/06 - 20060173442 - Delivery system for therapy comprising hollow seed, the method of use thereof
Hollow metal and polymeric containers (or seeds) are provided having a therapeutic agent encapsulated therein, e.g., a nucleic acid or cytokine, that diffuses out of the seeds via one or more holes disposed therein and is thereby delivered to target sites, e.g., tumor cells. These hollow seeds can be precisely ...

06/08/06 - 20060122577 - Modular drug delivery system
The invention relates to a modular drug delivery system, comprising a reservoir unit and a control unit in combination with at least one further reservoir or control unit, whereby each combination of a reservoir unit and a control provides different capabilities. More specifically, the present invention provides a system for ...

06/08/06 - 20060122576 - Fluid delivery system for use with a surgical pumping unit
A surgical irrigation system is provided in which a novel system of connecting and/or supporting a pump to a fluid source reduces the possibility that the pump will become disconnected from the fluid source by requiring that the pump be supported by a support to establish fluid connection. ...

06/01/06 - 20060116662 - Electrotransport delivery device having improved safety and reduced abuse potential
An electrotransport device for delivering one or more therapeutic agents through the skin includes electrodes for contacting the skin, at least one electrode containing the agent, a power source for generating electrical current (IL) for delivering the agent, a current generating and controlling means and a disabling means for permanently ...

05/25/06 - 20060111692 - Robotically controlled intravascular tissue injection system
A robotic catheter system includes a controller including a master input device and instrument driver in communication with the controller. An elongate flexible guide instrument is operatively coupled to the instrument driver. A fluid injection needle may be advanced from, or retracted into, a distal portion of the guide instrument. ...

05/18/06 - 20060106367 - Large volume bolus device and method
A device and method for the infusion of medicinal fluid at a controlled flow rate to a wound site or the blood stream of a patient is disclosed. A pump delivers fluid under pressure from a fluid source through a continuous and substantially constant flow path and through a supplemental ...

05/04/06 - 20060095020 - Introduction of agent with medical device
The disclosure is directed to apparatus and techniques that deliver an active agent, such as an antibiotic age nt or loosening agent to a patient by diffusion. An element of the medical device deployed proximate to the cells or host tissue includes a diffusible material, which comprises a lumen. An ...

04/20/06 - 20060084943 - Implant delivery catheter system and methods for its use
Catheter systems and methods for implanting helical or dart-like implants into the myocardium or other body tissue. The catheter system includes a helix for fixing the distal end of the catheter to the myocardium, an implant held by the helix, mechanisms for driving the fixation helix into the myocardium, and ...

04/20/06 - 20060084942 - Tapered hollow metallic microneedle array assembly and method of making and using the same
The present invention includes device, system, method of using and making a microneedle array including the steps of forming one or more pins on a substrate, depositing one or more layers on the one or more pins and the substrate, exposing a portion of the one or more pins, and ...

04/13/06 - 20060079862 - Drug infusion device
The invention provides a drug delivery infusion device comprising an injection means (18) in fluid connection with a drug reservoir chamber (12) and pressure-generation means (10) coupled to both the drug reservoir (12) and to a liquid filled controlled chamber (13), wherein the coupling is such that the liquid filled ...

04/06/06 - 20060074404 - Implantable drug delivery system responsive to intra-cardiac pressure
The invention is directed to techniques for monitoring the condition of a patient, such as a patient having congestive heart failure, and appropriately modifying the patient's drug therapy as a function of a pressure in the patient's heart, such as the estimated pulmonary artery diastolic pressure. The drugs may be ...

03/30/06 - 20060069382 - Delivery device
This invention relates to a delivery device of the bleeding hole type, where a primary drive fluid, e.g. silicon oil, is used to expel a secondary fluid, e.g. a drug, contained in a reservoir. To provide a desired drug flow rate, the primary fluid is forced from a first reservoir ...

03/02/06 - 20060047270 - Drug delivery apparatus and method for automatically reducing drug dosage
A drug delivery device which includes a fluid drug reservoir, a catheter, a controllable fluid transfer device, e.g., a pump mechanism or valve, and a drug delivery control means. The drug delivery control means comprises a controller, e.g., a microprocessor or microcontroller which is operable to automatically reduce the rate ...

02/23/06 - 20060041248 - Pharmaceutical compositions delivery system and methods
A method, system and applicator for the solvent-less delivery of a bio-active material to a receiver. The applicator includes a discharge device, a reservoir which holds a bioactive material, and a solvent at a supercritical fluid state for delivering the bioactive material through the discharge device to the receiver. A ...

02/09/06 - 20060030838 - Methods and devices for delivering glp-1 and uses thereof
The invention provides various devices for delivering Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (7-36), in various infusion patterns and rates, to optimally stimulate carbohydrate metabolism, to inhibit gastropancreatic secretion and gastric motility, and to treat various disease conditions (including diabete) as described in the instant specification. The devices and methods of the invention provide ...

02/09/06 - 20060030837 - Drug delivery apparatus
An implantable drug delivery apparatus for delivering a drug into a bodily fluid in a body cavity of a patient over a period of time, which includes a hollow member that defines at least one lumen for facilitating a unidirectional recirculating flow of a therapeutic fluid through the lumen. The ...

02/09/06 - 20060030836 - Automatic dose infusion apparatus and method of controlling the same
An automatic dose infusion apparatus that electronically controls a medicinal substance storage chamber and a control chamber, electronically regulates infusion of the medicinal substance, and constantly maintains a prescribed amount of medicinal substance on the basis of the number of rotations of a motor. The automatic dose infusion apparatus comprises ...

01/19/06 - 20060015089 - Catheter and method of fluid removal from a body cavity
A catheter comprises a catheter body having a wall defining a lumen therein and having plural holes defined through the wall in a pattern which prevents loculation, migration and blockage of a fluid flow through the lumen, the catheter body having a tissue-puncture resistant shape; and a port having a ...

01/19/06 - 20060015088 - Arrangement for remote-controlled release of active ingredients
The invention relates to an arrangement for the remote-controlled release of active ingredients which are located with a magnetic body in a cavity and which are released under the influence of heat. A substantially biocompatible device, which avoids unnecessary thermal and electromagnetic loads, is created by producing the heat required ...

12/15/05 - 20050277912 - Programmable medical drug delivery systems and methods for delivery of multiple fluids and concentrations
A drug delivery system provides for mixing various drugs in an optimally controlled manner, for using flow controllers to guide multiple drugs into a single or into multiple catheters, for enabling a single lumen catheter to treat a specific region with several drugs, for allowing for dilution of a concentrated ...

12/15/05 - 20050277911 - Apparatus and method for therapeutic delivery of medication
An apparatus, system and method of programming a medical therapy in a medical device are provided. Generally, the medical device 10 has a controller 12, a memory 14, a processor 16 and an input device 18. The memory 14 is preloaded with at least one of a plurality of patient ...

12/08/05 - 20050273080 - Methods and systems for providing an interface between an ambulatory medical device and a display device
Systems and methods for providing an interface between an ambulatory medical device and a display device may comprise receiving a signal from the ambulatory medical device. The ambulatory medical device may be configured to produce the signal including information corresponding to data displayed on the ambulatory medical device. Systems and ...

12/08/05 - 20050273079 - Fluid material dispensing syringe
A dental syringe (10) has a needle (11) affixed to a carpule holder (12), which carpule holder (12) is affixed to a power drive unit (13). A harpoon (20) is provided to affix the drive unit to the carpule plunger (32). The harpoon (20) is made of stainless steel or ...

11/24/05 - 20050261668 - Drug delivery device
A drug delivery device includes a drug core having a pharmaceutically active agent, a holder that holds the drug core and is made of a material impermeable to passage of the active agent; and a tab for attaching the device to eye tissue. A surface of the holder is plasma ...

11/03/05 - 20050245904 - Medication delivery system and monitor
Systems and methods for the delivery and monitoring of a medication, such as insulin, to a recipient are provided. An exemplary feature-rich system comprises an infusion pump with a control system for controlling medication delivery by the infusion pump and a bolus estimator for estimating an appropriate amount of medication ...

11/03/05 - 20050245903 - Method and apparatus for controllably aspirating fluids from surgical sites
A surgical aspiration system and the method of using the same for aspirating fluid from a surgical site at a desired aspiration rate. The system includes an interface component for providing an interface with the surgical site; a variable rate pump operably associated with the interface component for controllably generating ...

11/03/05 - 20050245902 - Substance delivery device
A substance delivery device capable of insertion into a body cavity of an animal, with the delivery device including a body capable of housing a delivery apparatus capable of actively being controlled to autonomously deliver at least one substance into a body cavity of an animal, with the delivery apparatus ...

10/27/05 - 20050240166 - Implantable device, formulation and method for anti-psychotic therapy using risperidone
An subcutaneously implantable device for delivering Risperidone to a patient includes a pump, a compartment configured to store a pharmaceutical formulation, and a volume of the pharmaceutical formulation loaded in the compartment, the pharmaceutical formulation including Risperidone solvated or suspended in a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent in concentration of at least ...

10/20/05 - 20050234431 - Intravascular delivery system for therapeutic agents
Described herein is a system for intravascular drug delivery system, which includes a reservoir implantable a blood vessel, an intravascular pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir and an anchor expandable into contact with a wall of the blood vessel to retain the system within the vasculature. Delivery conduits may be ...

10/20/05 - 20050234430 - Method and apparatus for patient-controlled medication delivery
A method and apparatus for providing patient-controlled medication delivery is presented. The apparatus includes a medication storage subsystem, an interval timer, a patient verification system coupled to the medication storage subsystem, and a delivery subsystem which delivers one of the prescribed amounts of medication if the interval timer has reached ...

09/29/05 - 20050215982 - Rf medical device
A system for delivering a fluid to a patient includes a remote controller and an infusion pump. The infusion pump includes a dispenser for dispensing the fluid. An RF telemetry portion is configured to receive an RF data signal, from the remote controller, that is broadcast in a non-restricted frequency ...

09/08/05 - 20050197651 - Vaginal ring preparation and its application
A vaginal drug delivery device includes a tubular base of an inert rubber composition, a first layer having a thickness up to 3 mm composed of a mixture of a drug to delivered, at least one surfactant and at least one dispersing agent applied to said outer surface of the ...

09/08/05 - 20050197650 - Administration apparatus for medical use
An expansion/compression mechanism of a piston rod assembly is composed of a bush shaft, a first cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the bush shaft, a second cylindrical piston rod that is screwed with the first piston rod, and a piston rod holding member for housing the bush shaft ...

09/08/05 - 20050197649 - Method and apparatus for automatically modifying delivery profile of drug delivery system
The present invention relates to an implantable drug delivery device which includes a fluid drug reservoir, a catheter, a controllable fluid transfer device, e.g., a pump or valve, and a drug delivery control means. The control means in accordance with the invention is configured to initially clear a first, or ...

09/01/05 - 20050192561 - Infusion pump system, an infusion pump unit and an infusion pump
An infusion pump unit includes a housing sized to allow the pump unit to be carried as a portable unit. The housing has an inlet for establishing fluid communication from an external infusion bag to the inlet and an outlet for establishing fluid communication to an infusion site. The housing ...

08/18/05 - 20050182390 - Implantable drug delivery device including wire filaments
The present invention is an implantable drug delivery device comprising of at least one wire shaped to accommodate a particular target tissue within the body, a plurality of through holes in the at least one wire, and a solid therapeutic agent provided in the through holes for delivery from the ...

08/18/05 - 20050182389 - Implantable medical device and patch system and method of use
A system, method and apparatus relating to a therapeutic substance delivery patch for attachment to a patient such that the patch is in contact with the patient's skin, wherein the patch coordinates its delivery of the therapeutic substance to the patient based on information received relating to the operation of ...

08/11/05 - 20050177137 - Administering device with temperature sensor
A device for administering a fluid product, including a container for the fluid product, an apparatus for dispensing the fluid product from the container, a metering apparatus for adjusting a product dose, and at least one temperature sensor disposed inside the container or near the fluid product. The present invention ...

08/11/05 - 20050177136 - Externally disposed pump for use with an internally mounted and compliant catheter
A therapeutic agent delivery pump includes a bottle having a pressurant chamber containing a pressurant and a therapeutic agent volume, the volume terminating in a visco-elastic septum. The bottle has a piercing element in alignment with the septum and in fluid communication with tubing. A flow restriction gauge impinges on ...

08/11/05 - 20050177135 - Delivery of a sympatholytic cardiovascular agent to the central nervous system to counter heart failure and pathologies associated with heart failure
A sympatholytic cardiovascular agent delivered by a drug delivery pump to a central nervous system site to alleviate symptoms and otherwise treat heart failure (HF) and pathologies associated with HF. The drug delivery pump can be external or implantable infusion pump (IIP) coupled with a drug infusion catheter extending to ...

08/11/05 - 20050177134 - Device for dosing substances
A device for dosage of substances having a substance intake portion, which included at least one substance compartment for the intake of substance to be dosed, an emptying portion for the emptying the substance compartment and a weighing balance for the determination of the quantity of dosed substance, wherein the ...

08/04/05 - 20050171513 - External infusion device with remote programming, bolus estimator and/or vibration alarm capabilities
An infusion system for infusing a liquid into a body includes an external infusion device and a remote commander. The external infusion device includes a housing, a receiver, a processor and an indication device. The receiver is coupled to the housing and for receiving remotely generated commands. The processor is ...

08/04/05 - 20050171512 - Devices, systems and methods for patient infusion
A method for transcutaneously delivering fluid to a patient including providing at least one disposable infusion pump, wherein the pump includes a housing adapted to be mounted on a patient's skin, a transcutaneous patient access tool for extending through the housing and providing transcutaneous access to the patient, a reservoir ...

07/28/05 - 20050165384 - Device for administering of medication in gluid form
An infusion device for continuously infusion of medication is disclosed, in which infusion is controlled over two separate fluid communications. The infusion is in each fluid communication controlled by restricting means and valve means, and one of the fluid communications further contains a holding device for bolus rate of infusion ...

07/14/05 - 20050154374 - Implantable sensors and implantable pumps and anti-scarring agents
Pumps and sensors for contact with tissue are used in combination with an anti-scarring agent (e.g., a cell cycle inhibitor) in order to inhibit scarring that may otherwise occur when the pumps and sensors are implanted within an animal. ...

06/30/05 - 20050143715 - Device for controlled reservoir opening with reinforced reservoir caps
Device are provided for the controlled release or exposure of molecules or secondary devices comprising a substrate; a plurality of reservoirs located in the substrate; reservoir contents comprising molecules, a secondary device, or both, isolated inside the reservoirs; reservoir caps positioned on the reservoirs over the reservoir contents, wherein the ...

06/23/05 - 20050137583 - Drug delivery device
A drug delivery device for placement in the eye includes a drug core comprising a pharmaceutically active agent, and a holder that holds the drug core. The holder is made of a material impermeable to passage of the active agent and includes an opening for passage of the pharmaceutically agent ...

06/09/05 - 20050124979 - Device for release of chemical molecules using pressure-generated rupture of reservoirs
Devices are provided for controlled release of chemical molecules, such as drugs or diagnostic agents. The devices comprises a substrate; a plurality of discrete reservoirs located in the substrate, wherein the reservoirs each have at least one opening at a surface of the substrate; chemical molecules, for release, disposed in ...



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