ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED CAPSULE
First Claim
1. A medicament delivery system (900) for dispensing a medicament from within a patient, said system (900) comprising:
- a housing (102) internally placed within a patient having at least one aperture;
a reservoir (960) disposed within said housing (102) for storing said medicament, said reservoir (960) communicating with at least one respective aperture of the at least one aperture (970) in the housing (102);
a pressure mechanism (962) for displacing medicament stored within the reservoir (960) for causing the medicament to exit the housing (102) through the at least one respective aperture;
at least one a closure member (966), a respective closure member of the at least one closure member (966) in fluid communication with an associated aperture of the at least one respective aperture, the respective closure member actuatable between a closed state for substantially blocking flow of the medicament through the respective closure member and an open state for permitting flow of the medicament through the respective closure member for dispensing of the medicament; and
control circuitry (906) for controlling at least one of said pressure mechanism (962) and actuation of said respective closure members of the at least one closure member (966).
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Abstract
An electronically controlled capsule or medicament delivery system (900) is provided. Disposed within a housing (102) of the system (900) configured for internal placement within a patient is a reservoir (960) for storing medicament. The reservoir (960) communicates with at least one respective aperture (970) of the housing (102). A pressure mechanism (962) is provided for displacing medicament stored within the reservoir (960) for causing the medicament to exit the housing (102) through the at least one respective aperture (970). At least one a closure member (966) is provided. Respective closure members (966) are in fluid communication with an associated aperture. The respective closure members (966) are actuatable between a closed state for substantially blocking flow of the medicament through the respective closure member (966) and an open state for permitting flow of the medicament through the respective closure member (966) for dispensing of the medicament. Control circuitry (906) is provided for controlling at least one of the pressure mechanism (962) and actuation of the respective closure members (966).
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Citations
47 Claims
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1. A medicament delivery system (900) for dispensing a medicament from within a patient, said system (900) comprising:
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a housing (102) internally placed within a patient having at least one aperture; a reservoir (960) disposed within said housing (102) for storing said medicament, said reservoir (960) communicating with at least one respective aperture of the at least one aperture (970) in the housing (102); a pressure mechanism (962) for displacing medicament stored within the reservoir (960) for causing the medicament to exit the housing (102) through the at least one respective aperture; at least one a closure member (966), a respective closure member of the at least one closure member (966) in fluid communication with an associated aperture of the at least one respective aperture, the respective closure member actuatable between a closed state for substantially blocking flow of the medicament through the respective closure member and an open state for permitting flow of the medicament through the respective closure member for dispensing of the medicament; and control circuitry (906) for controlling at least one of said pressure mechanism (962) and actuation of said respective closure members of the at least one closure member (966). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An internal medical capsule system (900) comprising:
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a housing (102) for internal placement within a patient; control circuitry (906); a medical system disposed in the housing performing a medical function controllable by the control circuitry (906); and an ultrasound transducer element (510a) disposed in the housing (102) for receiving and transmitting ultrasound signals between at least one of the medical system (900) and the control circuitry (906) and another device external to the housing. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for delivering a medicament within the alimentary tract of a patient, comprising the step of:
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providing for dispensing a medicament from an ingested capsule (900) traversing the alimentary tract of a patient to ambient surroundings of the capsule (900) comprising the steps of; providing for storing said medicament within said ingested capsule (900); providing for displacing said stored medicament for causing the medicament to flow from storage to the ambient surroundings of the capsule (900); providing for blocking selectively flow of the medicament to the ambient surroundings; and providing for controlling at least one of the displacing and the blocking for intermittently dispensing the medicament. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A treatment system for administering at least two medicaments comprising:
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a first and second medicament delivery system (900) for dispensing a medicament within a patient, each of said first and second systems (100) comprising; a housing (102) internally placed within a patient having at least one aperture (970); a reservoir (960) disposed within said housing (102) for storing said medicament, said reservoir (960) communicating with at least one respective aperture of the at least one aperture (970) in the housing (102); a pressure mechanism (962) for displacing medicament stored within the reservoir (960) for causing the medicament to exit the housing (102) through the at least one respective aperture (970); at least one a closure member (966), a respective closure member of the at least one closure member (966) in fluid communication with an associated aperture of the at least one respective aperture (970), the respective closure member actuatable between a closed state for substantially blocking flow of the medicament through the respective closure member and an open state for permitting flow of the medicament through the respective closure member (966) for dispensing of the medicament; control circuitry (906) for controlling at least one of said pressure mechanism (962) and actuation of said respective closure members of the at least one closure member (966); and signal circuitry (502, 504, 510a) for providing a signal from one of the first and second medicament delivery systems (900) to the other of the first and second medicament delivery systems (900). - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. An internal medical capsule system (900) comprising:
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a housing (102) for ingestion by a patient and traversal of the patient'"'"'s alimentary tract; a light source assembly (1504) disposed in the housing (102) for illuminating the environment of the housing (102); a photo detector assembly (1506) disposed in the housing (102) for sensing incident light reflected from walls of the alimentary tract and generating a corresponding signal; and control circuitry (906) for processing reflecting properties of the incident light including generating a first control signal when the corresponding signal indicates that the incident light was reflected from a medical marker deposited by a preceding capsule, and generating a second control signal when the corresponding signal indicates that the incident light was reflected from tissue of the alimentary tract unmarked by a deposited medical marker. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A modular component (1202, 1204, 1302, 1304, 1306) of an electrical internal medicament dispensing system (1200, 1300) comprising:
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a reservoir (960) for holding a medicament; and
at least one connector for plugging the modular component into the medicament dispensing system (1200, 1300) for assembling the medicament dispensing system (1200, 1300);wherein when assembled, medicament from the reservoir (960) is controllably dispensed from the medicament dispensing system (1200, 1300) for dispensing the medicament within a patient. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A medicament dispensing system (1200, 1300) comprising:
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a housing (102); at least one modular component (1202, 1302;
1204, 1304) comprising;a reservoir (960) for holding a medicament; and at least one connector for plugging the at least one modular component (1202, 1302;
1204, 1304) into the medicament dispensing system (1200, 1300) for assembling the medicament dispensing system (1200, 1300);at least one control mechanism for controlling dispensing of the medicament from the reservoir (960) of respective modular components of the at least one modular component (1202, 1302;
1204, 1304) through the housing (102); andcontrol circuitry (906) for controlling actuation of the at least one control mechanism; wherein when assembled the at least one modular component is disposed within the housing and medicament from the respective reservoirs (960) is controllably dispensed through the housing (102) of the medicament dispensing system for dispensing the medicament within a patient. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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Specification