Method for Administering a Medicament to a Fetus
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1. A method for delivering a medicament to a fetus comprising:
- administering the medicament across an amniotic membrane to amniotic fluid of the fetus from an injector non-invasively positioned to the amniotic fluid.
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Abstract
Methods are disclosed herein for delivering a medicament to a fetus. The method includes administering the medicament from an injector configured to deliver the medicament across an amniotic membrane to amniotic fluid of the fetus. The method includes administering the medicament from a transmembrane patch placed at an amniotic membrane configured to deliver the medicament across the amniotic membrane to amniotic fluid of the fetus.
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1. A method for delivering a medicament to a fetus comprising:
administering the medicament across an amniotic membrane to amniotic fluid of the fetus from an injector non-invasively positioned to the amniotic fluid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 40, 41, 43)
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15. The method of claim 15, comprising administering the medicament at maternal epithelium by one or more of iontophoresis and sonophoresis.
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45. A method for detecting one or more physiological conditions of a fetus comprising:
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placing a device including a transmembrane sensor in contact with an outer wall of an amniotic membrane of the fetus; and initiating a signal to the transmembrane sensor and a controller of the device to detect the one or more physiological conditions of the fetus. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A method for delivering a medicament to a fetus comprising:
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placing a device including a transmembrane sensor in contact with an outer wall of an amniotic membrane of the fetus; initiating a signal to the transmembrane sensor and a controller of the device to detect one or more physiological conditions of the fetus; and initiating a signal the device and the controller to administer the medicament across an amniotic membrane to amniotic fluid of the fetus from an injector non-invasively positioned to the amniotic fluid responsive to one or more sensed physiological conditions.
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