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Patient-controlled analgesia device

US5232448A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1991
Grant dateAug 3, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2005/1405
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for the patient-controlled delivery of a beneficial agent comprising a dose reservoir for receiving and storing a beneficial agent, inlet means to and outlet means from the dose reservoir and pump means operative in response to an external force supplied to the pump means for drawing beneficial agent into the dose reservoir at a relatively constant rate and for discharging the beneficial agent out of the dose reservoir through the outlet means.

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