Medical device for analyte monitoring and drug delivery
First Claim
1. A medical device comprising a disposable patch capable of detecting an analyte of unknown concentration in a bodily fluid, said patch comprising:
- at least one microneedle capable of obtaining a sample of a bodily fluid;
a buffer reservoir;
a microchannel having at least a first inlet, a second inlet, and a microarray attached onto the microchannel, said microarray comprising at least one bioactive agent, wherein the first inlet is in fluid communication with the at least one microneedle and channels a flow of bodily fluid into the microchannel, and wherein the second inlet channels a flow of buffer from said buffer reservoir into the microchannel, such that the analyte in the bodily fluid diffuses into the flow of buffer to effect an interaction between the bioactive agent and the analyte therein;
a microarray scanning device to detect the interaction between the bioactive agent and the analyte in the bodily fluid; and
an interface device capable of facilitating communications between said microarray scanning device and a biometric recognition device.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an ingestible, implantable or wearable medical device comprising a microarray which comprises a bioactive agent capable of interacting with a disease marker biological analyte; a reservoir which comprises at least one therapeutic agent and is capable of releasing the therapeutic agent(s) from the medical device; and a plurality of microchips comprising a microarray scanning device capable of obtaining physical parameter data of an interaction between the disease marker biological analyte with the bioactive agent; a biometric recognition device capable of comparing the physical parameter data with an analyte interaction profile; optionally a therapeutic agent releasing device capable of controlling release of the therapeutic agent from the reservoirs; an interface device capable of facilitating communications between the microarray scanning device, biometric recognition device and the therapeutic agent releasing device; and an energy source to power the medical device. Specifically, the invention relates to a medical device capable of detecting an analyte in a bodily fluid comprising at least one microneedle capable of obtaining a sample of a bodily fluid, a first microchannel through which the sample flows and is in fluid communication with the at least one microneedle, a second microchannel in fluid communication with the first microchannel, through which a buffer flows, wherein the second channel comprises a microarray with a bioactive agent, a microarray scanning device to detect an interaction between the bioactive agent and the analyte in the bodily fluid; and an interface device.
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1. A medical device comprising a disposable patch capable of detecting an analyte of unknown concentration in a bodily fluid, said patch comprising:
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at least one microneedle capable of obtaining a sample of a bodily fluid; a buffer reservoir; a microchannel having at least a first inlet, a second inlet, and a microarray attached onto the microchannel, said microarray comprising at least one bioactive agent, wherein the first inlet is in fluid communication with the at least one microneedle and channels a flow of bodily fluid into the microchannel, and wherein the second inlet channels a flow of buffer from said buffer reservoir into the microchannel, such that the analyte in the bodily fluid diffuses into the flow of buffer to effect an interaction between the bioactive agent and the analyte therein; a microarray scanning device to detect the interaction between the bioactive agent and the analyte in the bodily fluid; and an interface device capable of facilitating communications between said microarray scanning device and a biometric recognition device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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