Implantable injection body
First Claim
1. An implantable injection body for long-term time dependent injection of a medication into a living being, the medication being stored in an implantable dosing device and operatively supplied to the injection body via a suitable pump arrangement, comprising:
- two or more discharge openings in said injection body through which the medication is supplied into said living body; and
a dissolvable tissue-compatible seal material operatively initially sealing at least some of said discharge openings such that as said seal material dissolves, these initially sealed discharge openings become unsealed at different times.
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Abstract
An implantable injection body for the time-dependent dosable, long-term injection of a medication into a living being, the medication being stored in an implanted medication dosing device and being supplied by the latter to the injection body via a programmable pump arrangement. The injection body has a plurality of medication discharge openings, at least some of which are initially sealed, by a selectively openable seal, preferably by a dissolvable tissue-compatible, plastic material that dissolves at different times, so that, after closure of the initially unsealed discharge opening caused by overgrowth of connective tissue, agglomeration of matter, and/or the like, the initially sealed discharge openings can be selectively unsealed, preferably in serial fashion, to permit continued medication flow-through. Alternatively, the openable seals can comprise rupturable membranes of varying strengths.
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26 Claims
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1. An implantable injection body for long-term time dependent injection of a medication into a living being, the medication being stored in an implantable dosing device and operatively supplied to the injection body via a suitable pump arrangement, comprising:
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two or more discharge openings in said injection body through which the medication is supplied into said living body; and a dissolvable tissue-compatible seal material operatively initially sealing at least some of said discharge openings such that as said seal material dissolves, these initially sealed discharge openings become unsealed at different times. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. An injection body through which medication is discharged into a living being comprising a plurality of medication discharge openings through which the medication is supplied into the living being and a dissolvable, tissue compatible material operatively covering said body so that initially at least some of said discharge openings are sealed closed so that over time, said initially sealed discharge openings become unsealed at different times due to dissolving of said seal material to permit transmission of the medication therethrough.
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21. An implantable injection body operatively associated with a medication dosing device for long-term, time dependent discharge injection of medication into a living being, the medication being stored in the medication dosing device and being supplied to the injection body via a pump, the injection body comprising:
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a distal end from which said medication is supplied to said living body; a plurality of medication discharge openings in said distal end; and a dissoluble tissue compatible seal material covering said body so as to initially seal all of said discharge openings except one.
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- 22. A body through which a fluid is transmitted comprising a plurality of discharge openings in a wall of said body and a dissolvable seal material initially sealing at least some of said discharge openings, said initially sealed discharge openings being operative to become unsealed at different times over time as said seal material dissolves.
- 24. An injection body for injecting medication into a living being, comprising a plurality of discharge openings in said body, at least some of said discharge openings initially being sealed by selectively openable seals, so that as an unsealed discharge opening becomes overgrown by connective tissue or plugged by agglomerated matter, said initially sealed openings can be selectively unsealed to permit continued injection of medication into said living being.
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