DEVICE FOR THE CONTROLLED RELEASE OF A SUBSTANCE

An implantable drug delivery system is proposed which does not need internal electronics, but can be activated from outside the body. The system comprises a device (10) for the controlled release of a substance, the device (10) comprising at least one compartment (20) in a substrate (11), the compar...

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Hauptverfasser:	RUIGROK JAAP, KRIJNSEN HENRIKE, LANGEREIS GEERT, VAN BRUGGEN MICHEL PAUL BARBARA, IORDANOV VENTZESLAV PETROV
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACTUATING-FLOATS BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS BLASTING COCKS 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 DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TAPS THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS VALVES WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An implantable drug delivery system is proposed which does not need internal electronics, but can be activated from outside the body. The system comprises a device (10) for the controlled release of a substance, the device (10) comprising at least one compartment (20) in a substrate (11), the compartment (20) being closed by a valve (30), wherein the valve is openable and comprises at least a first material (31) and a second material (32), the opening and/or closing of the valve (30) being provided upon heating and/or cooling of the first and/or second material (31, 32), the first material (31) being heated by electromagnetic induction.