Disintegrating digestive tract interaction system
US8038659B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/6861
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for configuring several modules each individually small enough to pass through a digestive tract; and a tether or other means for releasably configuring at least the several modules in a group. Such a tether may (directly or indirectly) couple some of the modules via at least a gap in another module from which the tether may slip free, in some embodiments. Such methods may include modes of administering a medication or otherwise taking an action in response to the one or more phenomena.
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