INFUSION OF DRUGS
First Claim
1. An at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient'"'"'s body, comprisingat least one flexibly bendable infusion needle (11) with a tip end (13) of each of said at least one infusion needle arranged in at least one first housing for penetrating the first housing'"'"'s outer wall (15) in at least one penetration area (14) and having the respective other end arranged in at least one second housing, the first and second housings being adapted for implantation inside the patient'"'"'s body, wherein the at least one second housing is provided for implantation inside the patient'"'"'s body remote from the at least one first housing and wherein the injection needle is sufficiently long to bridge the distance from the at least one second housing for remote implantation to the at least one first housing and further through the first housing up to the outer wall of the first housing, and at least one drive unit (D) adapted for being coupled to the at least one infusion needle and arranged at least for advancing the tip end of the at least one infusion needle so that the at least one infusion needle penetrates with the tip end or ends thereof said at least one first housing'"'"'s outer wall in said at least one penetration area.
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Abstract
An at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient'"'"'s body, in particular a penis erection stimulation system, comprises one or more long, flexibly bendable infusion needles, the tip ends of which are disposed within and implanted along with at least one first housing, in particular adjacent the patient'"'"'s left and right corpora cavernosa. The respective other end or ends of the infusion needles are disposed and implanted along with at least one second housing remote from the first housing. A reservoir and a pump are also implanted inside the patient'"'"'s body to supply the infusion needle with infusion liquid. A drive unit also adapted for implantation inside the patient'"'"'s body is arranged for advancing and retracting the infusion needle such that its tip end penetrates the at least one first housing'"'"'s outer wall in at least one penetration area, more specifically at least in two different penetration areas either simultaneously or in immediate time succession, thereby injecting the substance into the patient'"'"'s body.
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21 Claims
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1. An at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient'"'"'s body, comprising
at least one flexibly bendable infusion needle (11) with a tip end (13) of each of said at least one infusion needle arranged in at least one first housing for penetrating the first housing'"'"'s outer wall (15) in at least one penetration area (14) and having the respective other end arranged in at least one second housing, the first and second housings being adapted for implantation inside the patient'"'"'s body, wherein the at least one second housing is provided for implantation inside the patient'"'"'s body remote from the at least one first housing and wherein the injection needle is sufficiently long to bridge the distance from the at least one second housing for remote implantation to the at least one first housing and further through the first housing up to the outer wall of the first housing, and at least one drive unit (D) adapted for being coupled to the at least one infusion needle and arranged at least for advancing the tip end of the at least one infusion needle so that the at least one infusion needle penetrates with the tip end or ends thereof said at least one first housing'"'"'s outer wall in said at least one penetration area.
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21-178. -178. (canceled)
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