GI-ENDOCRINE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE
First Claim
1. A gastric drug delivery device for improving diabetes patient care, comprising:
- a meal sensor apparatus having a base;
the base defining a chamber;
a pressure transducer disposed within the meal sensor apparatus, and the pressure transducer in fluid communication with the chamber;
a gastric band bladder in fluid communication with the chamber, and wherein deflection of the band bladder causes a pressure differential in the chamber that is readable by the transducer.
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Abstract
Shown are a device, system and method that improve the diabetes care of a patient that has undergone gastric surgery. The device provides continuously or intermediate monitoring at various intervals before and after meals of several sensors to perceive, among other things, the blood glucose level, EKG/heart rate and volume of meals a patient has consumed. Readings are sent to a control unit that receives input from at least one of: a meal sensor, glucose monitor, and EKG sensor to control a drug delivery unit that doses a prescribed agent at a specific quantity and time based on the readings to provide proper diabetes care for the patient. Components of the system such as the meal sensor glucose monitor, EKG sensor, control unit and drug delivery device may be implanted subcutaneously in the patient or outside the patient and may communicate with each other either wirelessly or may be directly wired together.
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20 Claims
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1. A gastric drug delivery device for improving diabetes patient care, comprising:
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a meal sensor apparatus having a base;
the base defining a chamber;a pressure transducer disposed within the meal sensor apparatus, and the pressure transducer in fluid communication with the chamber; a gastric band bladder in fluid communication with the chamber, and wherein deflection of the band bladder causes a pressure differential in the chamber that is readable by the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An implantable gastric drug delivery device for improving diabetes patient care, comprising:
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an implantable meal sensor apparatus having a base;
the base defining a chamber;
a pressure transducer disposed within the meal sensor apparatus, and the pressure transducer in fluid communication with the chamber;a gastric band bladder in fluid communication with the chamber, and wherein movement of the band bladder causes a pressure differential in the chamber that is readable by the transducer; an implantable EKG monitor; an implantable glucose monitor; an implantable CPU system integrator/controller configured to receive information from the meal sensor apparatus, EKG monitor and glucose monitor and to determine the volume of food consumed; and a drug delivery pump in communication with the implantable CPU system, the drug delivery pump for pumping an active agent at the command of the CPU system integrator/controller based on the data received by the CPU system in response to at least one of;
an initiation of eating, size of the meal, number of swallowed food boluses, interval between meals, change in glucose levels during digestion, heart rate response during digestion and any combination thereof.
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16. A process of treating of diabetes through a gastric drug delivery device, comprising:
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reading a pressure differential by a meal sensing apparatus having a transducer disposed in a subcutaneous port, wherein the pressure differential is between a gastric band bladder connected to a catheter, and a chamber in the subcutaneous port, and wherein movement of the band bladder causes the pressure differential through the catheter and chamber that is readable by the transducer; and initiating a drug delivery pump to deliver an active agent. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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