Intravenous system for delivering a beneficial agent
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1. A self-contained, self-powered beneficial, drug delivery system for use with an intravenous delivery system, the beneficial drug delivery system, comprising in combination:
- (a) an intravenous formulation chamber comprising;
a wall provided with an inlet that lets an intravenously acceptable medical fluid into the intravenous formulation chamber, and with an outlet for letting fluid leave the chamber; and
,(b) a drug delivery device in the intravenous formulation chamber, the device comprising an inner mass transfer conductor;
a beneficial intravenously administrable drug in an amount for performing a therapeutic program with said intravenously administrable drug in the conductor that is permeable to the passage of the drug; and
, a membrane surrounding the conductor, which membrane release the drug in a therapeutically effective amount from the device into the medical fluid that is a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for the drug and enters the intravenous, formulation chamber for formulating an intravenously administrable fluid drug formulation in situ that produces a beneficial effect, when administered intravenously to a recipient, over time.
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Abstract
A formulation chamber is disclosed comprising a wall surrounding a lumen containing a device for delivering a beneficial agent. The chamber has an inlet for admitting a fluid into the chamber and an outlet for letting an agent formulation leave the chamber. The chamber is adapted for use in an intravenous delivery system for delivering an agent formulation to a patient.
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1. A self-contained, self-powered beneficial, drug delivery system for use with an intravenous delivery system, the beneficial drug delivery system, comprising in combination:
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(a) an intravenous formulation chamber comprising;
a wall provided with an inlet that lets an intravenously acceptable medical fluid into the intravenous formulation chamber, and with an outlet for letting fluid leave the chamber; and
,(b) a drug delivery device in the intravenous formulation chamber, the device comprising an inner mass transfer conductor;
a beneficial intravenously administrable drug in an amount for performing a therapeutic program with said intravenously administrable drug in the conductor that is permeable to the passage of the drug; and
, a membrane surrounding the conductor, which membrane release the drug in a therapeutically effective amount from the device into the medical fluid that is a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for the drug and enters the intravenous, formulation chamber for formulating an intravenously administrable fluid drug formulation in situ that produces a beneficial effect, when administered intravenously to a recipient, over time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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