DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF A LONG-ACTING DRUG
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure present systems, methods and devices relate to regulating drug absorption in a body of a patient, including delivering a dose of long-acting drug at a delivery site of a patient, applying a treatment to a treatment area surrounding and including the delivery site. A substantial portion of the drug may reside in tissue adjacent the treatment area for an extended period of time and may include a drug depot. The treatment may be configured to modify the level of at least one property of at least a portion of the treatment area. The absorption rate of the long-acting drag from the drug depot changes according to the level of the property.
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30 Claims
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2. A method for regulating the absorption of a long-acting drug in the body of a patient, comprising:
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delivering a dose of a long-acting drug at a delivery site of a patient; applying a treatment to a treatment area surrounding and including the delivery site, wherein a substantial portion of the delivered drug resides in tissue adjacent the treatment area for an extended period of time and comprises a drug depot; wherein said treatment is configured to modify a level of at least one property of at least a portion of the treatment area; and wherein an absorption rate of the long-acting drug from the drug depot changes according to the level of the property.
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3. (canceled)
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4. A system for regulating a glucose level in a body of a patient, comprising:
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a treatment element configured to apply treatment to the surface of the skin surrounding and including an injection site where a dose of a long-acting insulin is injected into subcutaneous tissue, wherein the subcutaneous tissue adjacent and including the injection site comprises a long-acting insulin depot for containing the injected long-acting insulin for an extended period of time, and the treatment is configured to modify a level of at least one property of the treatment area so as to effect a change in an absorption rate of the long-acting insulin from the insulin depot; a processor having computer instructions operational thereon configured for causing the processor to operate the treatment element to apply treatment. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25)
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26. A system for regulating a glucose level in a body of a patient, comprising:
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a processor to receive an indication of delivery of a long-acting drug into a drug depot of a patient, the drug depot comprising subcutaneous tissue adjacent and including the delivery site which retains a substantial amount of the delivered drug; at least one sensor to detect at least one measurement associated with at least one of the patient and the drug; a processor having computer instructions operational thereon configured to cause the processor to determine at least one treatment to apply to the surface of the skin of the patient in an area surrounding and including the delivery site, wherein the at least one treatment is configured to modify the absorption of the long-acting drug from the drug depot into the bloodstream of the patient based on the measurement; and a treatment element to apply the at least one treatment, wherein the application of the at least one treatment element varies an absorption rate of the long-acting drug. - View Dependent Claims (28, 30)
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