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Automatic conveyor driven by hydrogels, provided with an adjustable output characteristic for conveying a medium

US7479135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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34Claims

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Assignee

Disetronic Licensing AG · CH

Inventors

Andreas Richter · Gaimersheim, DE
Christian Klenke · Dresden, DE
Karl-Friedrich Arndt · Merseburg, DE
Gilbert Schiltges · Kirchberg, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2005
Grant date	Jan 20, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2005/14513
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for the dosed output of a substance, the device involving hydrogel-based osmotic drive, wherein output characteristics of the device, including a time profile, may be adjusted by a user. In some embodiments, the device may be used once and, in other embodiments, it may be used several times.

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