Pressure regulator for implantable pump
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1. An implantable drug delivery system comprising:
- a pressure actuated drug dispensing device having a sealed body, said sealed body having a flexible drug reservoir containing a fluid, an outlet from said flexible drug reservoir and a propellant chamber in said sealed body pressurized to a pressure to urge said fluid from said flexible drug reservoir into said outlet, anda flow regulating device having a regulator chamber and a sensing chamber, said regulator chamber and said sensing chamber separated and maintained in isolation from each other by a flexible diaphragm, said outlet supplying said fluid into said regulator chamber, an outlet catheter coupling said regulator chamber to a drug delivery site and, means not using said fluid to establish a reference pressure in said sensing chamber that is substantially equal to said pressure in said propellant chamber comprising a fluid coupling between said propellant chamber and said sensing chamber.
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Abstract
An implantable pump system employing a flow regulator isolates the regulator sensing chamber from the path of drug flow. This is accomplished by establishing either an independent sensing chamber in the regulator or coupling it to the propellant chamber of the pump. Additionally, a downstream restrictor may be used to provide an additional pressure drop between the regulator and the outlet catheter.
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1. An implantable drug delivery system comprising:
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a pressure actuated drug dispensing device having a sealed body, said sealed body having a flexible drug reservoir containing a fluid, an outlet from said flexible drug reservoir and a propellant chamber in said sealed body pressurized to a pressure to urge said fluid from said flexible drug reservoir into said outlet, and a flow regulating device having a regulator chamber and a sensing chamber, said regulator chamber and said sensing chamber separated and maintained in isolation from each other by a flexible diaphragm, said outlet supplying said fluid into said regulator chamber, an outlet catheter coupling said regulator chamber to a drug delivery site and, means not using said fluid to establish a reference pressure in said sensing chamber that is substantially equal to said pressure in said propellant chamber comprising a fluid coupling between said propellant chamber and said sensing chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An implantable drug delivery system comprising:
a sealed body having a flexible drug reservoir and a separate propellant chamber therein, a fluid in said drug reservoir, an outlet coupled to said drug reservoir, a flow regulating device physically coupled to said sealed body, said flow regulating device comprising a regulating chamber in fluid contact with said drug reservoir, a flexible diaphragm in said flow regulating device, a sensing chamber in said flow regulating device in fluid separation from said regulating chamber, means separate from said fluid in said drug reservoir and coupled to said propellant chamber to define a reference pressure in said sensing chamber substantially replicating the pressure in said propellant chamber such that said flexible diaphragm moves in response to variations in flow rate in said outlet to regulate the pressure in said regulating chamber and an outlet catheter coupled to said regulating chamber. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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