Sensing and interactive drug delivery
First Claim
1. An interactive drug delivery system comprising:
- a drug delivery module constructed and arranged to deliver selected amounts of a drug into a subject;
an optical probe constructed and arranged to detect in vivo in two selected tissue regions of said subject a manifestation caused by the delivered drug, a first of said selected tissue region exhibiting normal tissue properties and a second of said selected tissue region exhibiting abnormal tissue properties; and
a local controller constructed and arranged to receive data from or transmit data to said optical probe and said drug delivery module;
said local controller being arranged to correlate optical data received from said optical probe to selected data and provide signals to said drug delivery module for adjusting the amounts of the drug to be delivered into said subject.
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Abstract
An interactive drug delivery system includes a drug delivery module, an optical probe, a local controller, and an optional central controller. The drug delivery module is constructed and arranged to deliver selected amounts of a drug into a subject. The optical probe is constructed and arranged to detect in a selected tissue region of the subject a manifestation caused by the delivered drug. The local controller is constructed and arranged to receive data from or transmit data to the optical probe and the drug delivery module. The local controller is arranged to correlate optical data, received from the optical probe, to selected data and provide signals to the drug delivery module for adjusting the amounts of the drug to be delivered into the subject.
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23 Claims
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1. An interactive drug delivery system comprising:
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a drug delivery module constructed and arranged to deliver selected amounts of a drug into a subject; an optical probe constructed and arranged to detect in vivo in two selected tissue regions of said subject a manifestation caused by the delivered drug, a first of said selected tissue region exhibiting normal tissue properties and a second of said selected tissue region exhibiting abnormal tissue properties; and a local controller constructed and arranged to receive data from or transmit data to said optical probe and said drug delivery module;
said local controller being arranged to correlate optical data received from said optical probe to selected data and provide signals to said drug delivery module for adjusting the amounts of the drug to be delivered into said subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An interactive drug delivery method comprising:
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delivering by a drug delivery module selected amounts of a drug into a subject; optically detecting in vivo in two selected tissue regions of the subject a manifestation caused by the delivered drug by an optical probe, a first of said selected tissue region exhibiting normal tissue properties and a second of said selected tissue region exhibiting abnormal tissue properties; receiving data from or transmitting data to said optical probe and said drug delivery module by a local controller; correlating data received from said optical probe to selected data stored in said local controller; and providing signals to said drug delivery module for adjusting the amounts of the drug to be delivered into said subject. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An interactive drug delivery system comprising:
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a drug delivery module constructed and arranged to deliver selected amounts of a drug into a subject; an optical probe including a light source and a light detector constructed and arranged to examine in vivo in a selected biological tissue region of said subject during the operation of said drug delivery module, said optical probe being constructed to detect optical signal related to a manifestation in the examined biological tissue region caused by the delivered drug in the tissue region; and a local controller constructed and arranged to communicate with said optical probe and said drug delivery module;
said local controller being arranged to correlate data related to said manifestation with selected data and provide signals to said drug delivery module for adjusting the amounts of the drug to be delivered into said subject. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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