Drug delivery device
First Claim
1. Electrical treatment apparatus for use with an associated molecule source, comprising:
- at least one electrode;
a power source for electrifying said at least one electrode; and
a controller, which is programmed to activate the power source to selectively electrify said at least one electrode to apply at least one electric field which has a transport effect for transporting a molecule in a desired manner and has a non-excitatory control effect, which does not induce a propagating action potential in the heart, independent of the transport effect, adapted to electrically control an activity of at least a part of a heart,said programming selected to achieve a desired provision of said molecule into tissue including at least a portion of a patient'"'"'s heart or associated vasculature.
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Abstract
Electrical treatment apparatus (100) for use with an associated molecule source, comprising: at least one electrode (106); a power source (120) for electrifying said at least one electrode; and a controller, which is programmed to activate the power source (120) to selectively electrify said at least one electrode (106) to apply at least one electric field including a transport effect for transporting a molecule in a desired manner and a non-excitatory control effect for controlling the activity of at least apart of a heart, said programming selected to achieve a desired provision of said molecule into at least a portion of a patient'"'"'s heart or associated vasculature.
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74 Claims
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1. Electrical treatment apparatus for use with an associated molecule source, comprising:
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at least one electrode; a power source for electrifying said at least one electrode; and a controller, which is programmed to activate the power source to selectively electrify said at least one electrode to apply at least one electric field which has a transport effect for transporting a molecule in a desired manner and has a non-excitatory control effect, which does not induce a propagating action potential in the heart, independent of the transport effect, adapted to electrically control an activity of at least a part of a heart, said programming selected to achieve a desired provision of said molecule into tissue including at least a portion of a patient'"'"'s heart or associated vasculature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A method of selectively delivering a molecule, comprising:
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providing a molecule adjacent a heart; and applying at least one electric field having a transport effect for transporting a molecule in a desired manner into at least a portion of said heart or a vasculature associated with the heart and having a non-excitatory electrical control effect, which does not induce a propagating action potential in the heart, for controlling the activity of at least a part of said heart.
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