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Therapeutic treatment of disorders based on timing information

  • US 6,923,784 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2001
  • Issued: 08/02/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A drug delivery system device for treatment of a disorder comprising in combination:

  • (a) an implantable pump having at least one reservoir for storing at least one drug;

    (b) a real time clock coupled to the pump and providing time-of-day information to establish whether the pump is to deliver the drug;

    (c) at least one implantable catheter coupled to the pump and adapted to deliver the drug to at least one predetermined site in a body of a patient; and

    (d) a sensor coupled to the pump for generating a signal indicative of whether a patient is asleep or awake, wherein the pump is responsive to the signal.

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