Local Delivery of Drugs or Substances Using Electronic Permeability Increase
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for use in conjunction with a drug delivered to a gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a subject. The apparatus includes an ingestible capsule, which includes one or more electrodes, and a control component, adapted to drive the electrodes to apply an electrical current that induces local delivery of the drug in target tissue of the GI tract. Additional embodiments are also described.
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43 Claims
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14. Apparatus for use in conjunction with a drug delivered to a gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a subject, the apparatus comprising an ingestible capsule, which comprises:
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one or more electrodes; and a control component, adapted to drive the electrodes to apply an electrical current that induces local delivery of the drug in target tissue of the GI tract. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 43)
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