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ELECTRONIC CAPSULE FOR TREATING GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE

  • US 20090275923A1
  • Filed: 04/11/2007
  • Published: 11/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ingestible capsule for administering a drug for the treatment of a disease in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal according to a pre-determined drug release profile, the gastrointestinal tract having sites of diseased tissue and normal tissue, the capsule comprising:

  • a drug reservoir for storing the drug;

    drug dispensing means for dispensing or stopping the dispensing of the drug from the drug reservoir into the gastrointestinal tract;

    electronic control circuitry means communicating with the drug dispensing means for regulating the amount and time interval for dispensing of the drug into the gastrointestinal tract by the drug dispensing means according to the predetermined drug release profile, wherein the electronic control circuitry means further comprises memory means for storage or updating of data specific to the pre-determined drug release profile for the mammal; and

    a non-digestible outer protective shell housing the drug reservoir, drug dispensing means and electronic control circuitry means;

    wherein the drug is substantially dispensed at the diseased tissue sites.

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