IMPLANTABLE AND BIORESORBABLE SENSORS
First Claim
1. An implantable and bioresorbable sensor comprising:
- a substrate;
an electronic device supported by the substrate, wherein the electronic device comprises a semiconductor or metallic component;
a barrier layer that isolates the electronic device from a surrounding environment during use; and
wherein each of the substrate, electronic device, and barrier layer have a bioresorption rate during use to provide controlled bioresorption of the implantable and bioresorbable sensor, configured so that the implantable and bioresorbable sensor operates for an operational lifetime and has a bioresorption lifetime that is greater than the operational lifetime, and no detectable portion of the implantable and bioresorbable sensor remains at an implantation site after the bioresorption lifetime.
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Abstract
Provided herein are implantable and bioresorbable sensors that are specifically designed to be implanted, function for an operational lifetime, and at some point after the operational lifetime to be resorbed by the body in such a manner so as to avoid having to remove any part of the sensor. This avoids a second impact on the patient otherwise associated with sensor removal. The sensors have a substrate and an electronic device supported by the substrate. A barrier layer isolates the electronic device from surrounding environment, including a biofluid, during use. Each of the substrate, electronic device, and barrier layer have a bioresorption rate during use to provide controlled bioresorption such reliable measure of one or more parameters occur over and an operational lifetime, and after a bioresorption lifetime greater than the operational lifetime, no detectable portion of the implantable and bioresorbable sensor remains at an implantation site.
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46 Claims
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1. An implantable and bioresorbable sensor comprising:
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a substrate; an electronic device supported by the substrate, wherein the electronic device comprises a semiconductor or metallic component; a barrier layer that isolates the electronic device from a surrounding environment during use; and wherein each of the substrate, electronic device, and barrier layer have a bioresorption rate during use to provide controlled bioresorption of the implantable and bioresorbable sensor, configured so that the implantable and bioresorbable sensor operates for an operational lifetime and has a bioresorption lifetime that is greater than the operational lifetime, and no detectable portion of the implantable and bioresorbable sensor remains at an implantation site after the bioresorption lifetime. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37)
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38. (canceled)
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39. An implantable and bioresorbable pressure sensor comprising:
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a substrate; a cavity disposed in the substrate; a deformable layer supported by the substrate and that covers the cavity; an electronic device supported by the substrate, wherein the electronic device comprises a strain gauge supported by the deformable layer and adjacent to the cavity, wherein deflection of the deformable layer by a fluid pressure in a fluid surrounding a top surface of the deformable layer and strain gauge generates an electrical output from the strain gauge that depends on a magnitude of the fluid pressure; and a barrier layer that fluidically isolates the electronic device during use. - View Dependent Claims (40, 43, 44, 45)
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46. An extraction-free method of remotely sensing one or more physical parameters in a living animal, the method comprising the steps of:
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inserting into a living animal an implantable and bioresorbable sensor operably connected to a wireless transmitter; electrically coupling the inserted implantable and bioresorbable sensor to an externally located electronic component to power the sensor and wireless transmitter; outputting to the wireless transmitter from the implantable and bioresorbable sensor an electrical output, wherein the electrical output depends on the one or more physical parameters; wirelessly transmitting the electrical output to the externally located electronic component; and hydrolyzing the implantable and bioresorbable sensor so that after an operational lifetime no observable or detectable portion of the implantable and bioresorbable sensor remains in the living animal, thereby providing the extraction-free method of remotely sensing one or more physical parameters.
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