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ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED CAPSULE

  • US 20090306633A1
  • Filed: 01/16/2006
  • Published: 12/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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