Residence structures and related methods

US10716751B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
• The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andrew Bellinger · Wellesley, US
• Shiyi Zhang · Shanghai, CN
• Carlo Giovanni Traverso · Newton, US
• Robert S. Langer · Newton, US
• Stacy Mo · Darien, US
• Tyler Grant · Arlington, US
• Mousa Jafari · Waltham, US
• Dean Liang Glettig · Cambridge, US
• Angela DiCiccio · San Francisco, US
• Lowell L. Wood, Jr. · Bellevue, US
• Philip A. Eckhoff · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Certain embodiments involve administering a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) in a constrained configuration, then unconstraining the structure such that it is retained at a location internally of the subject for a period of time. The structure includes a loadable component that can carry an active substance for release internally of the subject.