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Internal drug dispenser capsule medical device

  • US 6,929,636 B1
  • Filed: 11/08/2000
  • Issued: 08/16/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A swallowable internal drug medical device comprising:

  • a swallowable capsule including;

    a sensing module configured to sense a biologic condition within a digestive tract;

    a bioactive substance dispenser including a container for holding a volume of bioactive substance and a microactuator configured to dispense the bioactive substance from the container; and

    a memory and logic component in communication with the sensing module and the dispenser, including at least one of stored data of biologic conditions in the digestive tract and stored predetermined criteria for dispensing, the memory and logic component being configured to trigger the microactuator of the dispenser to dispense the bioactive substance when the sensed bodily condition corresponds to at least one of the stored data and the stored predetermined criteria.

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