Drug delivery system for implantable cardiac device
US6361522B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/13
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A drug delivery system incorporated into a cardiac device for delivering a dose of a drug to a patient upon detection of a particular medical condition. The cardiac device may be, for example, an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator, cardiac pacemaker, or combination device that communicates via a radio frequency link with a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device is preferably an electrically modulated transdermal drug delivery device for delivering the drug transdermally in accordance with a signal received from the cardiac device.
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