INGESTIBLE PROBE WITH AGENT DELIVERY
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Abstract
An improved device which is introduced into the intestinal tract of a living organism and which operates autonomously therein, adapted to deliver one or more therapeutic agents. In one embodiment, the probe communicates wirelessly with a portable electronic device outside the organism in order to receive commands to deliver the therapeutic agent, or perform other functions while the probe is within the intestinal tract.
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34 Claims
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15. An electronic probe ingestible by a human being, the electronic probe comprising:
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a housing; digital processor apparatus disposed within the housing; a first wireless interface disposed at least partly within the housing and in data communication with the digital processor apparatus; a reservoir at least partly disposed within the housing and capable of storage of an agent; and release apparatus in data communication with the digital processor apparatus and configured to selectively release at least a portion of the agent to a region exterior to the housing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An electronic probe ingestible by a human being and configured to deliver at least one therapeutic agent to the interior of the intestinal tract of the human being, the electronic probe comprising:
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a housing sized so that it may be swallowed by the human being; digital processor apparatus disposed within the housing; a first wireless interface disposed at least partly within the housing and in data communication with the digital processor apparatus; a reservoir at least partly disposed within the housing and capable of storage of the therapeutic agent; and apparatus controlled by the digital apparatus and configured to selectively cause expulsion of at least a portion of the agent in the reservoir to a region exterior to the housing when the probe is within the intestinal tract, the region exterior being within the intestinal tract, such that the released at least portion of the agent is directly applied to at least part of the intestinal tract.
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34. An electronic probe ingestible by a human being and configured to deliver at least one therapeutic agent to the interior of the intestinal tract of the human being, the electronic probe comprising:
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a housing sized so that it may be swallowed by the human being; digital processor apparatus disposed within the housing; a first wireless interface disposed at least partly within the housing and in data communication with the digital processor apparatus; a reservoir at least partly disposed within the housing and capable of storage of the therapeutic agent; and apparatus controlled by the digital apparatus and configured to selectively cause pressurization of at least a portion of the agent in the reservoir so as to cause expulsion of the at least portion to a region exterior to the housing when the probe is within the intestinal tract, the region exterior being within the intestinal tract, such that the released at least portion of the agent is directly applied to at least part of the intestinal tract.
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