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Implantable device

US8062352B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BIOTRONIK VI Patent AG · CH

Inventors

Michael Tittelbach · Nuremberg, DE
Amir Fargahi · Solothurn, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 9, 2009
Grant date	Nov 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61L2300/608
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an implantable device for local release of at least one drug at a predefined location in a natural cavity having a wall in the body of a mammal, characterized by at least one drug reservoir, which can be affixed in the cavity, the drug reservoir and/or a drug outlet being arranged at a distance from the wall, such that the at least one drug is released at a distance from the wall.

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