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Device for the detection of analyte and administration of a therapeutic substance

  • US 6,032,059 A
  • Filed: 07/22/1997
  • Issued: 02/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for delivering a drug directly to the body of a patient, comprising:

  • (a) a needle for taking us blood or other body fluid from a patient by means of capillary action or other hydrodynamic forces or by means of both capillary action and other hydrodynamic forces;

    (b) a sensor included in the needle, which sensor detects an analyte of interest or concentration thereof in the blood or other body fluid;

    (c) an analysis means for receiving and processing a signal from the sensor and sending a signal representative of the analyte of interest or the concentration thereof to (d) a control device for transmitting a signal to an injection actuator; and

    (e) an injector for delivering the required amount of the drug in response to the injection actuator via the needle.

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