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Self-powered implanted programmable medication system and method

  • US 4,146,029 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1977
  • Issued: 03/27/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A self-powered programmable apparatus adapted to be totally received within a selected animal body, including human, for periodically dispensing selected medication therein according to a selected program coordinated with need while leaving the body ambulatory at all times, comprising:

  • (a) a storage member mounted within the body for storing selected medication to be dispensed therein;

    (b) a micro size power source mounted within implanted housing means and having a useful working life in terms of at least several days;

    (c) miniaturized dispensing means mounted within implanted housing means and adapted to be operated under programmed electrical control to cause selected said medication to be discharged from the implanted storage member into said body; and

    (d) miniaturized programmable electrical control circuit means mounted within implanted housing means and connected to be energized by said power source, said electrical control means being adapted for performing control operations according to program instructions for actuation of said dispensing means, said control means embodying selectable and resettable plural program configurations, each program configuration providing a selection of logic stored digital control data corresponding to a set of predetermined body conditions and medical dispensation therefor, thereby providing in singular and plural programs assocated therewith a complex programming capability accommodating differential times and rates, means for extracting said data and means for applying said data to operate said dispensing means, said circuit means being set in a configuration corresponding to one of such programs and being adapted to actuate said dispensing means according to the selected program to dispense said medication within said body at times and rates determined by said program.

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