Oral drug delivery device with expanding arms

The present disclosure provides a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device is taken orally by a patient, and then activates within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of the patient. Upon activation, resilient arms within the drug delivery device expand and engage the GI tract walls. A driver then...

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Hauptverfasser:	FORDHAM, Matthew Keith, HORNSBY, Jack Alexander, CLARK, Sarah Louise, VASILAKIS, Nikolaos Sotirios, BALSON, Maria Fernandez-Martos
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
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Zusammenfassung:	The present disclosure provides a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device is taken orally by a patient, and then activates within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of the patient. Upon activation, resilient arms within the drug delivery device expand and engage the GI tract walls. A driver then drives a plunger within the drug delivery device, pushing a drug through a channel in the resilient arms and through the GI tract walls of the patient. After a period of time, at least a portion of the drug delivery device dissolves and the drug delivery device passes through the GI tract.